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76 results found for '"Vocal music"' in Keywords.
Maguire children’s funeral (1976)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Vivian White reports on the funeral of the three Maguire children, killed by a crashing car driven by a IRA man who had been shot by the British Army in West Belfast. Includes the address by Father...
Liverpool peace rally (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Unidentified male reports from the first peace rally to be held outside of Ireland - in Liverpool. The rally, attended by some 5,000 people, was organised by Muriel Young; her sister-in-law of Betty...
London peace rally (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Speech
Jane Ewart-Biggs speaks in an interview about her late husband’s (UK ambassador to Ireland killed by IRA landmine) hopes for peace in Ireland, and how she hopes she can turn the waste of his death into...
Lesbian MP dismissed from constituency (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Labour MP Maureen Colquhoun has been dismissed from her constituency of Northampton North; friends and colleagues have attributed her dismissal to her sexuality. A protest ensued (we hear the singing of...
Sir Geoffrey Howe gives performance at luncheon (1977)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Sir Geoffrey Howe, at the British Electrical Manufacturers’ Christmas luncheon, sings a carol which he has entitled, The Tax Payers’ Carol. Howe explains his performance; his aim was to make politics a...
Cavan O’Connor interview (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Singer Cavan O’Connor talks to Bob Holness about his career, from his winning an operatic scholarship after serving in the First World War, his band recordings, his work for the BBC, his present work and...
Hayes on Sunday (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Hayes on Sunday. Brian Hayes revisits interviews from his shows of the past week with: Bill Deedes, editor of the Daily Telegraph, on its success, political stance, and readership; Carl Perkins, US...
Croxford sings to zoo animals (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Vic(?) Croxford sings to a variety of zoo animals including giraffes, rhinoceri, elephants, wallabies, lions and monkeys. Croxford hopes that singing to the young giraffe, Long John Silver, will help him...
Singing Telegrams Service (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Andrew Peters and Sandra Scott about their involvement in the Singing Telegrams Service. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White).
Monty at large (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Vox pop
Monty Modlyn visits St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London for his Monty at Large weekly show. He speaks to staff and workers about their duties and their attitudes to the Cathedral. Includes interviews...