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7 results found for '"Kew Gardens"' in Keywords.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Rodney Bennett looking at Kew Gardens - its history, importance including for study and research, and day to day running. Visits the gardens and...
Queen visits Kew Gardens (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report on the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Kew Gardens in West London to open the restored glasshouse. Includes vox pop with members of the crowd. Female reporter not identified. Sound is in mono.
Time capsule buried in Kew Gardens (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a time capsule being buried by broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough containing seeds for the future that could aid in medicine and food production, into the foundations of the new Tropical...
Wind damage at Kew Gardens (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
The damage at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place is described after the recent freak storms. Mature trees were badly affected but the glass houses generally escaped the damage. Speakers not identified.
Orchid thief jailed (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
An Old Bailey judge has jailed an orchid grower, because of his obsessive plundering of rare flowers from the jungles of the world. Thirty-seven-year-old Henry Azadehdel admitted smuggling, harbouring,...
Prince Charles speech on environment (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Allen, LBC Crown FM environment correspondent, reports on a speech at Kew Gardens by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales calling for swift international action to save the world’s tropical rain forests...
Prince Charles supports saving the rainforests (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Bowden speaks to the director of Kew Botanical Gardens, Ghillean Prance, about a speech on conserving tropical rainforests by Prince Charles which proposed an international treaty. He also explains why...