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8 results found for '"Winter sports"' in Keywords.
Lake Placid winter Olympics (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes interviews a male speaker (not identified) about the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York (02/80), and on the reception the Soviet delegation is likely to receive following...
Lake Placid Winter Olympic preparations (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on preparations for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, following a threatened boycott by the USA of the summer games in Moscow over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Female reporter not...
Christmas Day swim in the Serpentine (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report from the scene on the Christmas Day tradition of swimming in the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, despite most of the lido being covered in ice. Includes interviews with Juffy(?), the superintendent...
School ski trip aborted (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Kevin Murphy reports on a British school ski party being ordered to give up their equipment and almost getting thrown out of their hotel in Austria as nothing had been paid for. 16-year-old Lucy Lonte(?)...
Eddie the Eagle on Winter Olympic performance and being famous (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Gordon McRae(?) interviews Eddie the Eagle Edwards (born Michael Edwards), British ski jumper, on his performance in the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada; his new found fame; and how he got into ski...
Eddie The Eagle arrives home (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Davina Payne reports on the reception for ski jumper Eddie the Eagle Edwards (born Michael Edwards) returning from the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada after breaking the British record. Including...
Torvill and Dean back in Olympics (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill are competing in ice skating at the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, after a ten year absence. President of the National Skating Association Courtney Jones discusses their...
Royal tiff at Klosters (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the tension between Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York after she was made to vacate a hotel suite at the Walserhof Hotel, Klosters for the Prince and his sons....