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Resignation of Nicholas Fairbairn - Life & career (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Poetry
Peter Allen examines the life and career Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, Conservative MP, after his resignation from his post as Solicitor-General for Scotland following his alleged involvement in the Carol X rape...
Ireland and the Irish people (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Special; Poetry
Documentary on Ireland and the Irish people. Includes Irish songs and poems read by the locals. The improved travel routes to Ireland have led to an increase in tourism, and the presenter’s trip to Ireland...
Douglas Bader poem (1983)
- Genre
- Poetry; News report
Recording on a dial-a-poem service, of a poem by Sandy Gort, which appears to criticise the late and legless Second World War pilot Sir Douglas Bader. Male reciter not identified.
Artsweek (1984)
- Genre
- Music; Interview; Poetry
Artsweek regular show presented by Sue Jameson. Includes interviews with Peter Benedict on his production of Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre and his previous play...
War widows (1984)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Poetry
Nick Peters presents Part 2 of a two part programme on war. This part looking at war widows fighting to get better pensions. Widows Iris Strange, Mary Ashdown(?) and Bridie Murray(?) talk about their...
Fear and loathing (1984)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Poetry; Trailer
Documentary on phobias â their cause and treatments. Includes interviews with consultant psychiatrist Dr Nasir Ali; GP Dr Jane McPherson (?); psychotherapist Norman Lee who runs Phobias Confidential;...
Professor defends authenticity of Shakespeare poem (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Poetry
The Oxford don who claims to have discovered an unpublished Shakespeare poem is angrily dismissing suggestions that he has mounted a publicity stunt. He insists that the verse is the work of the Bard,...
Daughter the younger (1988)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Poetry
Sean Street talks to Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Edward Thomas, poet who died during the Battle of the Somme in World War One when she was a young girl. On her father, his poetry and family life. Includes...
Funeral of IRA victim, soldier Stephen Cummins (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Poetry
Report by Ian Henderson on the funeral of 24 year-old Lance Bombardier Stephen Cummins, who was killed in Londonderry by an IRA landmine (08/03/89). Cummins’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Barry...
The Canterbury Tales (1990)
- Genre
- Drama; Poetry
Two examples of LBC drama: the first, an excerpt from The Miller’s Tale, taken in turn from The Canterbury Tales (adapted by Mark Burgess; produced by Richard Shannon and Tim Crook), which won gold and...