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Tadcaster rail crash (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Tadcaster rail crash. The 13.50 Liverpool train was derailed shortly after leaving York. Includes interview with Derek Wilkinson, who was working in the area at the time of the accident and...
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;...
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,...
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...
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...
Christmas Day swim in the Serpentine (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report from the scene on the Christmas Day tradition of swimming in the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, despite most of the lido being covered in ice. Includes interviews with Juffy(?), the superintendent...
UK-US arms talks on nuclear weapons in Europe (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Government talks with the United States over basing nuclear weapons in Europe and reducing the size of the Navy to help pay for it. UK and US defence secretaries John Nott and Caspar Weinberger met...
Children of Courage awards (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Children of Courage awards hosted by Princess Michael of Kent. Includes an interview with Sonia Segovia(?), who alerted police to an intruder at her home on the White City Estate, London, while...
Closure of Invergordon smelter plant (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the closure of the Invergordon smelter plant, which has been losing £1 million a month. Includes interviews with Dick Charles, managing director of British Aluminium; Scottish Secretary, George...