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  • Eileen Jakes on nude bathing in Brighton (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Rodney Bennett interviews Councillor Eileen Jakes about the controversial decision of Brighton Council to open a nudist beach in the town (01/04/80).

  • Alcatraz Prison as tourist attraction (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the popularity as a tourist attraction of the former federal prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, California. Includes interview with Tina Yee(?), guide. Male reporter not...

  • Radio ham on sinking of Radio Caroline ship (1980)

    Genre
    Interview; Special; Speech

    Unidentified male radio ham tells how he contacted the coastguard after the Mi Amigo - the ship housing pirate station Radio Caroline - sank off the coast of Essex. Includes final moments of last broadcast...

  • Stevie Gordon on sinking of Radio Caroline ship (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Radio Caroline disc jockey Stevie Gordon on being rescued by the Sheerness lifeboat after the pirate station’s boat, the Mi Amigo, sank off the Essex coast (20/03/80). Female interviewer not identified.

  • Robert D’Aubigny on Exegesis (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Exegesis founder Robert D’Aubigny on the controversial alternative therapy and self-development programme. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Broadcaster John Snagge on boat race (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Veteran BBC broadcaster John Snagge on his career and in particular his commentaries on the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race. The interview follows his retirement from broadcasting. Also includes...

  • Horace Cutler on Lewisham-GLC row (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Greater London Council leader Horace Cutler on a row between Labour-run Lewisham Council and the Conservative-controlled GLC over the payment of police rates. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter...

  • Horace Cutler on Lewisham-GLC row (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Greater London Council leader Horace Cutler on a row between Labour-run Lewisham Council and the Conservative-controlled GLC over the the banning of a National Front march. Male interviewer not identified...

  • Fire at London hostel kills nine (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male speaker (poss. Cardinal Basil Hume) on a fire at a Catholic-run hostel in north London which killed nine and injured three women (18/03/80). The hostel is run by the Missionaries of Charity...

  • Greville Janner on Column 88 (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour MP, Greville Janner on the right-wing political group Column 88 and their use of letter bombs. He says that in times of recession and high unemployment people must not turn to extreme organisations....