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Radio Caroline returns to airwaves (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Jingle
Report on the planned return of pirate radio station Radio Caroline to the airwaves on the new ship MV Imagine. Includes interview with former broadcaster, Rob Eden; archive Radio London jingle. Male...
Patrick Steptoe on test-tube baby (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Infertility expert and test-tube baby pioneer Patrick Steptoe on Louise Brown, the world’s first test-tube baby born five years ago on 25/07/78. Female interviewer not identified.
Denis Thatcher on Prime Minister’s eye operation (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference; Interview
Press interview with Denis Thatcher outside Princess Christian Hospital, Windsor, following the completion of an eye operation on his wife, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Hogg and Maxwell murder hunt - Police coordination (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference; Interview
Press interview with an unidentified police spokesman on the murder hunt in the case of two dead children, Susan Maxwell and Caroline Hogg, and the coordination between Lothian and Border, Northumbria,...
Situation in Chad and Tunisia - Gaddafi’s role (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male author on the political and military situations in the African countries of Tunisia and Chad, and the manoeuvres of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi in the area. Male interviewer...
Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 50th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, with a look back at the so-called Prague Spring reforms of former leader Alexander Dubcek in 1968. Includes interviews with Zdena...
Pope visits Lourdes - Bomb attack on shrine (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a bomb attack on a shrine at the Catholic pilgrimage site at Lourdes in France just before a visit by Pope John Paul II. Studio reporter is Bob Holness. Correspondent identified only as Martin.
Galen Weston kidnap plot foiled (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from Ireland after An Garda Siochana (the Irish police) successfully foiled a IRA plot to kidnap millionaire Canadian stores executive Galen Weston. Reporter in studio is Douglas Cameron; Irish male...
Yoav Biran on Middle East (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Yoav Biran, Israeli Ambassador in London, on the current political and military situation in the Middle East and the relationship between Britain and Israel. Male interviewer not identified.
Death of Roberto Calvi - links to Vatican bank (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on alleged links between the death of Italian banker Roberto Calvi in London in 06/82 and the dealings of the Vatican bank, Banco Ambrosiano. Also looks at the involvement of Licio Gelli, the grand...