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Launch of APT high-speed train (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the prototype high-speed APT train which has launched seven years late. Includes interviews on the London to Glasgow service with teenage train enthusiast Stuart Hogg; stewardess Marie Docherty;...
John Mundya on broadside warship weapons (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.
HMS London fires last broadside (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the last firing of the broadside on HMS London. Includes interviews with naval historian John Munday of the National Maritime Museum, about the history of the broadside; former sailor John Riggs,...
Archive interview with Bill Shankly (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Archive interview with Bill Shankly OBE (died 29/09/81). Shankly says he was proud to be the manager of Liverpool Football Club and explains the concept of collective play. In two parts, divided by break in...
Peter Tatchell on Bermondsey candidacy (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Tatchell, who has been criticised by Labour leader Michael Foot, says the party does not want him to stand as a parliamentary candidate in Bermondsey. Interviewer is Brian Hayes.
Hackney Marshes bear sighting (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the sighting of a bear in Hackney Marshes by four young boys. The youngsters first found large footprints in the snow and returned with torches after dark. They claimed they saw the animal and...
Hackney Marshes bear sighting (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the sighting of a bear in Hackney Marshes by four young boys. Police were worried because there were a large number of footprints in the snow and two dead, skinned bears had previously been...
Maggie Robin on pet bear, Hercules (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Maggie Robin on her pet bear, Hercules. The animal lives with the family in Glendevon, Scotland, and enjoys oxtail soup (which he can be heard eating). Female interviewer not identified.
Car bomb explodes in Bayswater (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an explosion in Connaught Square, Bayswater, London. A white Datsun Cherry was blown up as it drove away at 2.35 pm. Includes interviews with Adam Watson-Brown, who was in a nearby house, and...
George Best on quitting British football (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Footballer, George Best on his decision not to accept a place on the Middlesbrough FC squad. He has decided to leave the UK and play for San Jose Earthquakes but says he leaves with a clear conscience, even...