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14 results found for '"Savoy Hotel"' in Keywords.
Savoy Hotel - 90th anniversary (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of the Savoy (poss. Sir Hugh Wontner) on the ninetieth anniversary of the London hotel, and its connections with the D’Oyly Carte theatre. Male interviewer not identified.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music
Keith Howell presents this week’s edition of Our Kind of Town. In the first part, from the Ritz Hotel in London, co-author of the book, The London Ritz, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, talks about the history...
Teddy bear tea at Savoy (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview in London with a female American tourist and passenger on the cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II called Nancy Winters (wife of New Yorker cartoonist Gahan Wilson), about bringing her teddy bear,...
Afternoon tea (1984)
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- Interview; Documentary; Vox pop
Documentary on the Savoy Hotel and in particular the afternoon tea that they serve. It looks at the history of afternoon tea and covers an experience at the hotel. Interviews with staff at the Savoy as well...
Mark Thatcher wedding (1987)
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- Interview; News report
Report on the wedding of Mark Thatcher, son of UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to Diane Burgdorf, daughter of the millionaire Texas car dealer, Theodore C. Burgdorf, in London. Includes press...
Frank Carson on his expensive suit (1989)
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- Interview
Comedian Frank Carson speaks to Eve Conway at the launch of a menswear exhibition at the Savoy Hotel about his outfit- a £600 tweed suit that he says is an upmarket country type that Prince Philip or...
Lipman and Wisdom wear menswear suits at special exhibition (1989)
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- Interview
Interviews with Norman Wisdom on his fitting suit and Maureen Lipman on tuxedo suit and on their careers at a special menswear exhibition at London’s Savoy Hotel which gave celebrities a new image. Female...
Pavarotti press conference in Covent Garden (1990)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Press conference
After five years away from the stage, and after two dreadful runs at Covent Garden, tenor Luciano Pavarotti returns to perform the opera, L’Elisir D’Amore. A press conference was held outside the Savoy...
Jarvis Cocker on nomination for Mercury Music Prize (1994)
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- Interview
Sean Connors interviews Jarvis Cocker, singer with Pulp, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after the group was nominated for the best album award (for His ‘n’ Hers) at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.
Shara Nelson on nomination for Mercury Music Prize (1994)
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- Interview
Sean Connors interviews British soul singer Shara Nelson, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after she was nominated for the best album award (for What Silence Knows) at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.