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40 results found for '"Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother"' in Keywords.
Royal Variety Performance - Interviews with performers (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Peter O’Connell speaks to performers ahead of the Royal Variety Performance in honour of the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday. Comedian, Arthur Askey says he is the same age as the Queen Mother; singer...
Royal Variety Performance - Preparations (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the run-up to the 1980 Royal Variety Performance. Includes interview with event organiser Louis Benjamin on the preparations for the show, and Dallas (soap opera) star Larry Hagman. Rowan Atkinson...
Queen Mother’s 80th birthday celebrations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Music; Special
Report on the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday celebrations in the grounds of her official Scottish residence, Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Includes broadcast excerpt from independent radio in Scotland,...
Queen Mother’s birthday - House of Commons tribute (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Tribute
Jim Hancock reports on proceedings in the House of Commons where MPs paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on her eightieth birthday. Speakers include: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour...
Tree-planting campaign launched (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from St James’s Park in London at the start of a national tree planting campaign in honour of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday. Includes interview with organiser Kit(?)...
Portrait of a queen - Part 2 (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Portrait Of A Queen. Part two of a two-part documentary (an After Eight special?) about the life of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. This second instalment begins and ends with orchestral music and...
Portrait of a queen - Part 1 (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Portrait Of A Queen. Part one of a two-part documentary (an After Eight special?) about the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Includes contributions by Royal court correspondent Godfrey Talbot;...
Portrait of a queen (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Portrait Of A Queen. A documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Includes contributions by Royal court correspondent Godfrey Talbot; speech by King Edward VIII following his abdication;...
Queen Mother Sports Centre opens in Pimlico (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on the opening of the Queen Mother Sports Centre in Pimlico, London. Includes recording of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother opening the centre; interview with Eddie Powell,...
High security for King Khaled’s visit to UK (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Kevin Murphy reports on threats to assassinate King Khalid of Saudi Arabia during his visit to London. Two Palestinian guerrilla groups, led by Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi and international terrorist...