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129 results found for '"Olympic games"' in Keywords.

  • Princess Anne chosen for Olympic team (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Princess Anne on being chosen for the equestrian team for the Montreal Olympic Games, and her training regime. Part of London’s Week programme produced by Elaine Lawrence, engineer Heather...

  • Growth of skateboarding (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Professional skateboarders Dave McIntyre and Stacy Peralta discuss the rise in popularity of the sport of skateboarding. In Europe the sport is growing, and McIntyre calls for local councils to build skate...

  • Horace Cutler on London Olympics possibility (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Leader of the Greater London Council, Horace Cutler on the economic and social benefits of staging the Olympic Games in London. Male interviewer not identified.

  • David Owen on Moscow Olympics boycott (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Spencer interviews Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen on the possible boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to human rights abuses in the Soviet Union. The interview coincides with the publication of...

  • David Owen on Moscow boycott (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Spencer interviews Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen on the possible boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to human rights abuses in the Soviet Union. The interview coincides with the publication of...

  • David Owen on human rights (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Spencer interviews Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen about his views on human rights, to coincide with the publication of Owen’s new book, Human Rights.

  • Sports review of year’s highlights (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Sports review for 1978 covering track athletics, horse racing and equestrianism, rugby, boxing, golf, motor racing and rallying. Includes review of British medal prospects for 1980 Moscow Olympics with...

  • David Bedford’s pub crawl (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Interview with David Bedford, athlete, on running pub crawl to raise money for British team to Moscow Olympics. At one of his pub stops. Male reporter not identified.

  • Britain’s link with South Africa (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Chairman of Stop All Racist Tours, Peter Hain, warns the UK government that Britain may be ejected from the 1980 Moscow Olympics if it doesn’t stop playing sport with apartheid South Africa.

  • Olympic games UK bid (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with GLC leader Horace Cutler on a feasibility study into the possibility of a London bid for the 1988 Olympic Games with a proposed site in the Docklands area. Female interviewer not identified.