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  • Royal flights - Cyril Townsend view (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative MP, Cyril Townsend on official engagements by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family taking place in antiquated aircraft. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).

  • Adminstrator on abortion error (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Barnsley Hospital Administrator, Douglas Caldwell explains what went wrong during an abortion procedure in which the child survived. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Muhammad Ali on retirement (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Poetry; Press conference

    Colin Turner interviews heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (at an organised luncheon) about his decision to retire from boxing. The former boxer recites some poetry.

  • Dora Bloch murder - Brother in-law on identification (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the brother-in-law (not identified) of Entebbe hijack victim Dora Bloch, on trying to identify her body, three years after her murder (07/76), allegedly by forces loyal to former Ugandan...

  • Michelle Booth case closed - Mother’s response (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Maureen Booth, mother of Michelle Booth, who was assaulted and pushed off a train in Brentford, London on 18/03/78, on Metropolitan Police Commissioner David McNee’s decision to close the file on the case....

  • Kathy Crosby barred by Equity (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Greater London Council (GLC) Labour member Illtyd Harrington on the refusal of the actors’ union Equity to allow American actress Kathy Crosby (widow of the late singer Bing Crosby) to appear on stage in...

  • Swindon school protest (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an unidentified pupil from a school in Swindon from which a group of pupils have been suspended for organising a protest against a strike by teachers. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Russian roulette death in Corfu (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Father of a British girl named Gillian Cowan, who accidentally killed a Greek policeman, named Constantine Botsis, in Corfu while playing Russian roulette. He comments on her acquittal in the subsequent...

  • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital - Threatened closure (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Report on a campaign against the threatened closure of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson women’s hospital in central London. Includes interview with Vera Wagstaff of the EGA Action Committee. Female reporter...

  • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital - Gerard Vaughan on closure (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Health Minister Gerard Vaughan on the possible reversal of the previous Labour admistration’s decision to close the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson women’s hospital in central London. Male reporter not...