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28,816 results found for all records.
Myra Hindley receives degree (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the award of a degree in humanities to Moors murderer Myra Hindley while in prison in Durham. Male speaker not identified - poss. Lord Longford (Frank Pakenham). Male interviewer not identified.
Ombudsman on role and phone tapping (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Cecil Clothier QC, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Adminstration (Ombudsman), on his role and on recent controversy over phone tapping and electronic eavesdropping. Male interviewer not...
Betty Williams resigns from Peace People (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the resignation of Belfast-based Peace People co-founder Betty Williams from the organisation. Female speaker not identified - possibly Mairead Corrigan. Male interviewer not identified (poss....
Heart attack in Rhodesia (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the case of an unidentified male (politician?) who suffered a heart attack in Rhodesia. Male speaker and interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
George Best’s alcoholism (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the help former footballer George Best is receiving for alcoholism from Alcoholics Anonymous. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Taunton sleeping car fire inquiry report (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male railway industry spokesman (not identified â poss Major Tom King, Railway Inspecting Officer), about the 1978 Taunton sleeping car fire in which 12 people died, and on the...
Possible London Olympic games (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC leader Sir Horace Cutler, on the athletic facilities in London, and the possibility of the city hosting the Olympic games should an international boycott of the Moscow games in 1980 take...
NI Peace People divisions (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (not identified â poss. Ciaran McKeown) on divisions within Northern Ireland’s community of Peace People following the resignation of co-founder Betty Williams and Peter...
Robert Runcie installed as Archbishop of Canterbury (1980)
- Genre
- Speech; Interview; Special
Recording of the crypt ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London where the Bishop of St Albans, the Right Reverend Robert Runcie, was installed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in succession to Dr...
Death of Graham Sutherland (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Telephone interview with art historian Sir Kenneth Clark on the life and career of British artist Graham Sutherland, following his death on 17/02/80 at 76. He talks about the portrait Sutherland painted of...