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8 results found for '"Nuns"' in Keywords.
Sheila Cassidy on becoming a nun (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Author, doctor and former torture victim Sheila Cassidy on her decision to become a nun. She says that she has left her life as a surgeon behind and is ready to dedicate her life to God. She adds that her...
The London interview (Network) (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
The London Interview. Philip Bacon interviews Mother Angela, a contemplative nun at the Tyburn Convent of the Church of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart, London. The convent is just a hundred yards from...
Ken Russell on Lair of the White Worm (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews film director Ken Russell on his new spoof horror film Lair of the White Worm, based on a little known piece by Bram Stoker with plenty of nuns and phallic symbols and set in...
Reprieve for nuns’ chickens (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nuns from Northamptonshire fighting to save their chickens have won another reprieve from the High Court for their flock, which is allegedly contaminated with salmonella and due to be slaughtered by the...
Nuns fight to save chickens (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nuns in Northamptonshire have been forced to abandon their campaign to save 5000 chickens from the slaugherhouse. Ministry of Agriculture officials claim the flock is contaminated with salmonella. James...
Church asks for AIDS vaccine guinea pigs (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Woodley reports on the Catholic Church in America trying to recruit priests and nuns as guinea pigs for a new AIDS vaccine. With comment from church spokesman Steven Blair; Father Lawrence Carusco; Dr...
Roadside blast kills four in Northern Ireland (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the deaths of three RUC policemen and a Roman Catholic nun, Sister Catherine Dunn, after a roadside bomb was set off in Armagh, Northern Ireland. A further woman is in hospital suffering from a...
IRA plants bomb on country road (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an IRA bomb planted on a quiet country road in Armagh which killed three Royal Ulster Constabulary policemen and 37 year-old Roman Catholic nun, Sister Catherine Dunn. Speakers are Ulster Security...