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69 results found for '"Yachts"' in Keywords.
Celebrity interview (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Duncan Campbell interviews solo round-the-world sailor Robin Knox-Johnston. Topics include his early life; building boats; going into the merchant navy; his round the world voyage; whether his background had...
Clare Francis on Round the World yacht race (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Clare Francis talks about her Round the World yacht race of 27,500 miles. Male interviewer not identified.
Robin Knox-Johnston on Round the World yacht race (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Robin Knox-Johnston is interviewed following his return from the Round the World yacht race. He answers questions on the overtaking of competitor Eric Camberley and the effect of the mast breaking in the...
John Newell on Round the World yacht race (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Newell, a crewman aboard Robin Knox-Johnston’s yacht, is interviewed following the return of the yacht from the Round the World race. He talks about returning home, and passing competitor Eric...
Women of the year awards (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Women of the Year 1978 awards. Includes interviews with organiser Lady Georgina Coleridge; winners actress Mollie Sugden from Are You Being Served; yachtswoman Naomi James; actress Penelope...
Clare Francis reports from ADC Accutrac during round the world race (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A series of reports for Capital Radio by yachtswoman and skipper Clare Francis from the ADC Accutrac, during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1977-78. The reporters include Michael Aspel and (poss.)...
Hayes on Sunday (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Talk show
Peter Allen sitting in for Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows and interviews with guests: Jim Prior, Conservative MP on strikes and a possible deal between unions and the government to stop unions...
Len Gardner on Fastnet yacht race (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Bob Holness interviews Len Gardner about his experience in his boat, Ailish III, in the storm-affected 1979 Fastnet yacht race. The interview follows the publication of his book, Fastnet ‘79: the story of...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Feature
Our Kind of Town. Presented by Richard Robbins, from Greenwich. Includes interviews with Caroline Wilson, who lives in Vanbrugh Castle in Greenwich Park; Commander of the Royal Naval College, John Munday,...
Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...