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Royal Variety Performance - Preparations (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the run-up to the 1980 Royal Variety Performance. Includes interview with event organiser Louis Benjamin on the preparations for the show, and Dallas (soap opera) star Larry Hagman. Rowan Atkinson...
Bob Kingsley opens DevonAir Radio (1980)
- Genre
- Jingle; Music; Special
The first moments of new radio station, DevonAir. Here comes the Sun by The Beatles is the first song played by the first presenter, Bob Kingsley, followed by the beginning of Gotta Pull Myself Together, by...
Being a singing telegram (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Singing telegram Kara Noble talks about her experiences doing the job and her singing telegram staff, and finishes with a musical tribute to LBC. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
Labour leader election song (1980)
- Genre
- Music
Song (in a calypso style) by an unidentified male singer commenting on the possible contenders in the Labour Party leadership contest following the resignation of James Callaghan.
Brian Clough invited to be Labour candidate (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Report on an invitation to Nottingham Forest football manager Brian Clough to stand as a Labour Party candidate in the Manchester Stretford constituency. Includes interview with Clough and excerpt from his...
Queen Mother’s 80th birthday celebrations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Music; Special
Report on the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday celebrations in the grounds of her official Scottish residence, Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Includes broadcast excerpt from independent radio in Scotland,...
7th anniversary of Yom Kippur War (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Special
Report from Israel on the seventh anniversary of the Yom Kippur War (10/73), with recordings of memorial services; interview with Suzi Vodder(?), mother of dead soldier Yoni Vodder(?). Male reporter not...
Zimbabwe independence celebrations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech; Music
Peter Sharp reports from Salisbury during Independence Day celebrations in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe as riot police use tear gas interrupting a concert by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Includes introduction and start...
March for Jobs in Liverpool (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
Report from a march and demonstration in Liverpool to protest against record levels of UK unemployment organised by the Labour Party. Includes interview and speech with/by Labour Party leader Michael Foot;...
Notting Hill Carnival (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Music
Report on the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival in West London and lack of violence or crime so far. Includes recording of steel band music at festival. Female reporter not identified (poss. Angie Bray?).