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7 results found for '"Peter Scott"' in Contributors.

  • Press conference on a Loch Ness monster paper (1975)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    Press conference featuring British naturalist Peter Scott, co-author of a paper in Nature magazine, on the Loch Ness monster (presented seriously). He explains the renaming of it as Nessiteras rhombopteryx...

  • Hayes on Sunday (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Talk show; Phone-in

    Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows and interviews with guests: Alan Sapper, General Secretary of the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians, about the current ITV dispute; Peter...

  • Peter Scott on whale demands (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with conservationist Sir Peter Scott, about his proposals on whaling with demands for a total ban on commercial whaling. Female interviewer not identified.

  • Whaling protest in Trafalgar Square (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from a whaling protest rally in Trafalgar Square. Includes comment from celebrity supporters conservationist Sir Peter Scott, comedian Spike Milligan and actress Joanna Lumley. Male reporter not...

  • Gill Pyrah programme (1985)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech; Trailer

    Gill Pyrah interviews ornithologist and conservationist, Sir Peter Scott, following the release of his latest volume of diaries, Travel Diaries of a Naturalist. The programme also contains the afternoon’s...

  • Peter Scott dies (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Obituary

    Peter Russell reports on the death of naturalist Sir Peter Scott, who has died after a third heart attack at the age of seventy-nine. Sir Peter who founded the Wildfowl Trust and the World Wildlife Fund was...

  • Duke of Edinburgh makes speech on environmental issues to Britain’s scientists (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on a speech to British scientists by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the need to take action on environmental issues, fossil fuels and the exploitation of the forests and oceans...