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Raid on Radio Jackie (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
The unidentified male programme controller of pirate radio station Radio Jackie on a police raid during the station’s ten-year anniversary recording. He says Radio Jackie can offer local radio and...
Doorman on giving chase to gunman (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified doorman at the Intercontinental Hotel describes chasing and apprehending a man following a shooting at the hotel. He says he was putting tennis star Jimmy Connors into a car when he heard the...
Compulsory organ donation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male politician on the possibility of making organ donation compulsory. He argues that persuasion has failed, and claims that Secretary of State for Social Services, David Ennals is supporting...
Training bouncers and doormen (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the role of bouncers at nightclubs and the level of training they receive. Speaker has written to Home Secretary Merlyn Rees and Environment Secretary Peter Shore, urging them to...
Last Concorde at Filton (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lew Gray, union official at British Aerospace, about the last Concorde aircraft to be built at Filton in Bristol. Male interviewer not identified.
BL toolroom dispute (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the possible return to work of toolroom strikers at British Leyland plants in the UK. Includes interview with strike organiser Roy Fraser. Male reporter not identified.
Briton imprisoned in Mexico for drug smuggling (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the British consul in Mexico City, David Dewberry, on the case of Dee McStravick, British subject, sentenced to five years in a Mexican prison for smuggling cannabis. Male interviewer not...
Great Ormond Street plans (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Colonel Michael Barraclough, secretary of Great Ormond Street Homeopathic Teaching Faculty, on NHS plans to close it down and the possibility of its privatisation. Male interviewer not...
Swan lead deaths (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with environment minister Denis Howell on the setting up of a working party to investigate the death of swans from lead poisoning on Britain’s waterways. Male interviewer not identified. Sound...
Roger Hibberd, kidney patient, on operation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with kidney transplant patient, Roger Hibberd, on the success of the operation at St Mary’s Hospital in Portsmouth and his forthcoming trip on Concorde (the second trip for his kidney). Male...