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17 results found for '"Gypsies"' in Keywords.
Hayes on Sunday (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; Phone-in
Hayes on Sunday revisits the week’s shows with guests: Jessica Mitford talks about her time in the US Communist Party; Kenneth Slack, director, talks about the work of Christian Aid and takes a call...
Wandsworth Gypsy site (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on a council Gypsy site in Wandsworth, London. Includes interviews with unidentified male council official, on costs, vandalism and encouraging children to integrate with the local settled community;...
Simon Wiesenthal fights for justice (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Bill Turnbull reports on the continuing campaign of Jewish concentration camp survivor Simon Wiesenthal to bring to justice Second World War Nazi war criminals. Includes interview with Simon Wiesenthal, who...
Simon Wiesenthal campaigns for trial of war criminals (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Bill Turnbull reports on the continuing campaign of Jewish concentration camp survivor Simon Wiesenthal to bring to justice Second World War Nazi war criminals. Includes overview of Wiesenthal’s life and...
Alexandra Palace fire - Unfortunate history (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report examining the history of the ill-fated Alexandra Palace in Haringey, north London following a major fire at the venue on 10/07/80. Includes archive BBC TV broadcast featuring Leslie Mitchell;...
Shooting at social club in Orpington (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an attack by a gunman on the Eldred Community Centre in the St Mary Cray area of Orpington, Kent. The attack is thought to be related to a fight in the bar on Christmas Eve; some locals have blamed...
Judith Okely on Gypsies (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Social anthropologist Judith Okely, author of The Traveller-Gypsies, on some of the myths associated with this ethnic group, and some of its members’ beliefs and practices. Male interviewer not identified.
Ken Livingstone on Gypsy land use (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Ken Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council, on the number of Gypsies in the city, and the borough councils who have little space to accommodate them. Female interviewer not identified.
Travellers stop in the New Forest (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Members of a so-called hippy convoy which has stopped in the New Forest are discussing what will happen when the Police try to move them on. The Travellers claim they cannot move on, because their vehicles...
Bob Hoskins on The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews actor Bob Hoskins at the Cannes Film Festival in France, about his directorial debut with The Raggedy Rawney - the story of a group of East European Gypsies fleeing from an unspecified...