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  • Kings Cross Underground fire (1987)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; News report

    LBC AM breakfast programme, with Paul Woodley and Peter Deeley, following the King’s Cross underground station fire disaster in London (18/11/87) where 31 people died. Interviews with Andrew Lee,...

  • The West London Mission (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    100 years of the West London Mission of the Methodist Church, presented by Lawrence Spicer. Contributions from current Superintendent Lesley Griffiths; the Reverend Derek White who runs the West London Day...

  • AIDS: the facts (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    A documentary charting the rise of the AIDS virus. Dr John Galway describes the medical background of AIDS, the incubation period, the symptoms which lead to the rapid deterioration of the immune system,...

  • A man’s best eyes (1987)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special

    A Man’s Best Eyes. Presenter: Lawrence Spicer. Updated repeat of documentary, first broadcast in 1981, on the British Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA), coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary...

  • Just another Saturday (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Special; Drama

    Just Another Saturday. Drama documentary, broadcast originally on Piccadilly Radio, of the Burnden Park football disaster in Bolton on 09/03/46. Produced and narrated by Tom Tyrell. Reconstructions of news...

  • Charles Dickens’ London (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Special

    Charles Dickens’ London: Sean Street visits Dickens’ house in Doughty Street, Holborn, London, to find the reality of the Victorian city that inspired his work. Guide on tour: Alan Watts, Honorary...

  • A whole different ball game (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Advertisement; Special

    It’s a Whole Different Ball Game. Documentary on American sports in Britain. Examines coverage of Superbowl on Channel 4; popularity of American football and baseball; history of American football;...

  • The Hollies story (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Music

    Ian Lonsdale speaks to Tony Hicks, guitarist, and Bobby Elliott, drummer, about 25 years of The Hollies. From their early days to success and stardom, their influences, the stories behind some of the songs...

  • Life with Elvis (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Music; Special

    Life with Elvis. Presented by Nigel Sharp. Documentary, originally broadcast on GWR, about Elvis Presley, through interview with Presley’s step-brother, David Stanley, who talks about the singer’s life,...

  • Ancient and modern (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Special

    Ancient and Modern. Lawrence Spicer looks at four places of worship in the East End of London: Bevis Marks Synagogue, Aldgate; The Church of St Matthias, Poplar; East London Mosque, Whitechapel; Christ...