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Spike Milligan on seals (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Comedian, Spike Milligan on his support for a ban on seal fur trading, and on the culling of baby seals in Canada. Male interviewer not identified.
Greenham Common protester on arrest (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female Greenham Common campaigner on her arrest and imprisonment after refusing to be bound over to keep the peace during protests against the stationing of US cruise missiles at the Berkshire...
Prostitutes’ protest - Agreement with police (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Undentified female speaker on an agreement reached with local police following a protest by prostitutes in Kings Cross, central London, against police harassment. Male interviewer not identified.
Radio advertising awards (1982)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Recording of the 1982 Radio Advertising Awards, hosted by Bob Holness. Includes excerpt from the acceptance speech of Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones for their part in a Philips advertisement.
New sleeper service launched by British Rail (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Cyril Bleasdale, Director of British Rail Inter-City, on the launch of a new overnight sleeper service, and on the modernisation of the trains. Male interviewer not identified.
Prime Minister visits Harrier factory (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Paul Maurice reports on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Harrier factory in Kingston, Surrey to see the construction of the new RAF Jump Jet. Includes press statement by Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher on cable television (1982)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a conference on information technology at the Barbican in London, in which she speaks about the Government’s policy on cable television and the future of...
SNLA bomb sent to Patrick Jenkin (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the police investigation into the delivery of a letter bomb to the office of Industry Secretary, Patrick Jenkin, near to the Houses of Parliament in central London (23/11/82). The Scottish National...
Greenham Common protest (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a demonstration by 30,000 women at Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire, in protest against the arrival of US cruise missiles at the site. Speakers include: organiser Deborah Law; protester Helen...
Train driver dies in night sleeper crash (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the death of train driver William Plummer in an accident on the London Euston-to-Glasgow express service (09/12/82). Speakers include: British Rail spokesman Dick Saunderson(?); train driver Melvyn...