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Ronald Reagan speech to National Press Club (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan makes a speech to the National Press Club (NPC) in which he speaks about talks between the United States and Soviet Union on arms reductions and nuclear disarmament.
Sir Geoffrey Howe makes mini-budget statement to House of Commons (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
A programme based around the mini-budget statement made to the House of Commons by Conservative chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe. The speech is introduced by reporter Peter Murphy who also comments throughout...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Nigel Brockman and Trevelyan Richards (1981)
- Genre
- Speech; Tribute
Speech at the funeral of Nigel Brockman, Second Engineer of the Solomon Browne, and Trevelyan Richards, Coxswain, lost in the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. Male speaker (minister?) not identified.
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funerals of Trevelyan Richards and Nigel Brockman (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the funerals of two of the Penlee lifeboatmen who died on 19/12/81. One was Trevelyan Richards; the other was Nigel Brockman, whose son had not been allowed to board the doomed vessel because...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Report on the funeral service for Charles Greenhaugh, a lifeboatman killed in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), and his mother Hilda, who died upon hearing the news of her son’s death. Begins with...
House of Commons told indiscriminate subsidy of public transport unacceptable (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Conservative minister David Howell), speaking in the House of Commons, says the Government accepts the need for a reasonable level of support for public transport but is...
LBC accused of distorting facts of London Transport fare cut ruling (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Unidentified male Conservative politician, speaking in the House of Commons, on the ruling over the illegal London Transport fares cut in London. He says radio reports of the ruling have been distorted, and...
Tom Fleming on 50 years of royal broadcasts (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Actor and BBC commentator Tom Fleming on 50 years of royal broadcasts. Begins with a recording of the first Christmas message broadcast by King George V in 1932. Fleming says the King was asked by BBC...
Israel annexes Golan Heights (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the US reaction to Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights from Syria. Includes statement by US Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger; television interview with Israeli Ambassador in Washington,...
US to evacuate citizens from Libya (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the US decision to remove its citizens from Libya and impose a ban on travel to the country. The move follows the discovery of an assassination plot against US President Ronald Reagan. Includes...