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27 results found for '"Charlie Stayt"' in Contributors.
British mother fights for child custody in Egypt (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
British mother Pamela Green speaking from Cairo, where she is fighting for custody of daughter Yasmeen and sons El Sawy and Sammie, abducted by their father, Abdel-Salam Ahmed. On her confidence that she...
Poll tax demonstrations (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Bowden reports on violent riots and demonstrations at council meetings across the country over the poll tax (community charge) with chanting and shouting heard. In Bristol, reporter Charlie Stayt...
Booker prize judging controversy (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Booker Prize judge Nicholas Mosely who discusses this years prize, and the reasons for his resignation from the judges board. Charlie Stayt interviews. For breakfast show.
Commuter anger over British Rail Christmas services (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Charlie Stayt reports on British Rail’s decision to charge full weekday fares while running a reduced weekend service over the Christmas holiday period, leaving some angry commuters with tickets for trains...
Queen’s New Year Honours List 1992 (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Charlie Stayt reports on the Queens’s New Years Honours List, with CBEs for freed Beirut hostages Terry Waite, John McCarthy, Jackie Mann and Brian Keenan; OBEs for England soccer captain Gary Lineker and...
Thatcher house for sale (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Charlie Stayt reports on the sale price of Margaret Thatcher’s house in Dulwich being dropped by £80,000 to a mere £595,000. Tony Margot, in charge of the sale, on the people who have viewed the...
Sheriff Glanz on stay of execution (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Sheriff Stanley Glanz of Oklahoma, USA on how a last-minute stay of execution prevented his having to carry out the execution of a death-row inmate, possibly with his own gun. Glanz describes how he would...
British Telecom boss criticised for wage increase (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Iain Vallance, British Telecom Chairman, defends his 1200 pound a week pay rise. Labour Treasury spokesman Chris Smith calls the rise disgusting, and compares it to that of ordinary BT workers, a comparison...
Celebrities attend Bernie Winters benefit (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute
Charlie Stayt reports from last night’s benefit concert at the London Palladium for the late comedian Bernie Winters. Comedian Bob Monkhouse talks about the event and the money raised for cancer research....
Manslaughter at work investigated (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The report Death at Work or Corporate Crime has found company executives get away with manslaughter. The report’s author David Bergman says there is no accountability; Louise Christian, a solicitor for an...