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Foot and mouth outbreak on Isle of Wight (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease on the Isle of Wight after spreading from Brittany, with animals at 3 farms destroyed, with comparison to 1967-68 outbreak. Ministry of Agriculture chief vet...
John Kenneth Galbraith on economic policy (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with US economist John Kenneth Galbraith on the Conservative Government’s economic policy known as monetarism, its history and how it will not succeed now. Male interviewer not identified.
Norman Crowther-Hunt on the civil service (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Crowther-Hunt (Norman Crowther-Hunt) about the civil service role and how they oppose the Government of the day, accusing them of causing the country’s troubles. Follows report of a...
Dismembered body found in Essex (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the discovery of a dismembered body of a woman in Grays, Essex by a pensioner walking his dog. Chief Superintendent Peter Crust comments. Male reporter not identified.
Martin Webster on ban of National Front march (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with National Front organiser Martin Webster about the Government ban of a local National Front march, councils refusing to rent halls to them for meetings, criticising police action and on the...
Funeral of MI6 chief Maurice Oldfield (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Tribute
Report on the funeral of former MI6 chief Sir Maurice Oldfield with high security levels. The Reverend Edmund Urquhart and former local landlady Jo Hattersley(?) comment. Male reporter not identified.
Bristol riots trial (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bristol Doctor Prince Brown on the trial following the St Paul’s area riot in Bristol in 1980 and what needs to be done to prevent further riots. Male interviewer not identified.
Post mortem on British nurse in Saudi Arabia (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with forensic scientist Jorgen Dalgaard(?) about his post mortem of British nurse Helen Smith who died in 1979 in Saudi Arabia which found signs of her being attacked. Male interviewer...
Helen Smith death in Saudi Arabia (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the emergence of fresh evidence in the case of British nurse Helen Smith who died in suspicious circumstances in 1979 in Saudi Arabia. Includes extract of a tape made by colleague Joan Arendale(?)...
Cricketer Ken Barrington dies (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Interview with England cricket captain Ian Botham about the death of Test selector and English touring teams manager Ken Barrington and on the West Indies tour the England team are on. Male interviewer not...