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Alan Peary life sentence for Bexleyheath railway rapes (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Bexleyheath rapist Alan Peary, who has been sentenced to multiple life sentences after admitting ten sex attacks on women as they travelled on trains or walked near railway stations in south...
Siege at South London house (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Detective Superintendent Mervyn Atkinson of the Flying Squad on an ongoing siege at a house in South London, where police have been negotiating with an unidentified man, who has been burning material in his...
Controversy over Thames TV purchase of Dallas (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the controversy over ITV’s purchase of popular US television programme Dallas, with claims Thames Television went behind the back of the BBC, the original UK broadcasters of the programme. Also...
Thames TV buys Dallas (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Director of Programmes for Thames Television Muir Sutherland on ITV’s purchase of the popular US television programme Dallas. Sutherland denies the company went behind the back of the BBC,...
1930s proposals for Coronet Cinema (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Brian Lindop of Avenue Picture Theatres on his proposals to reintroduce 1930s style live acts and film shows to the Coronet Cinema in Northfields Avenue, Ealing which Rank Leisure is to close....
Role of RN Special Boat Squadron in Falklands landing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male on the secret operations of the Royal Navy’s Special Boat Squadron. Recounting an interview given by a Rear Admiral prior to the 1982 landing of the Task Force at San Carlos Bay in the...
Haslingden schoolgirl murder (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the brutal murder of a schoolgirl called Deborah(?) in the village of Haslingden, who was stabbed to death while babysitting. Includes interview with Superintendent Ray Rimmer on the police...
Whitbread literary awards (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from the Whitbread literary awards. Includes comment from winners Diane Roe, Christopher Hope and Peter Ackroyd. Judge Martin Amis also comments. Female reporter not identified.
Closure of Cottesloe Theatre (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with National Theatre director Sir Peter Hall on the possible future closure of the Cottesloe Theatre due to lack of resources. He criticises the Government for the lack of funding for the...
Ian Botham guilty of drug charges (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the magistrates trial in Scunthorpe against cricketer Ian Botham for possession of cannabis, he was fined 100 pounds. And on his moving house and sporting future. Includes comment from Botham...