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Prison van break-out in Liphook (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the escape of a group of six prisoners from a security coach in Liphook, Hampshire and subsequent recapture of all of them. The prisoners were being transferred from Wandsworth Prison in London to...
People Express airline decision (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with company president Donald Burr on the UK Government’s decision to allow his People Express low budget airline to fly from Newark airport in the United States to London Gatwick....
People Express flight and food (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the inaugural flight of the People Express low budget airline from Newark airport in the United States to London Gatwick, including how passengers pay and the choice of food available on...
People Express inaugural flight (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the inaugural flight of the People Express low budget airline from Newark airport in the United States to London Gatwick, after a decision by the UK Government allowing the go-ahead of the route....
Dambusters 40th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Paul Maurice reports on the fortieth anniversary of the so-called Dambusters raid by the RAF 617 Squadron, on the industrial Ruhr region of Germany during the Second World War. Includes interviews with then...
Dambusters 40th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Paul Maurice reports on flyovers by the Royal Air Force (heard) to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the so-called Dambusters raid by the RAF 617 Squadron, on the industrial Ruhr region of Germany...
Queen opens IMO headquarters (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on Queen Elizabeth II opening the new United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO) headquarters on the Albert Embankment in London. Includes speech excerpts.
Queen’s tribute after Hyde Park bombing (1983)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on a ceremony including a public tribute by Queen Elizabeth II to members of the Household Cavalry injured and killed in the IRA Hyde Park bombing in 07/82 and consecration of the new...
Michael Fagan trial (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the arrest and trial of Michael Fagan - famous for breaking into Buckingham Palace on 09/07/82 - after admitting assaulting a policeman in the Holloway Road in London. The judge placed him on...
Grand National saved by Jockey Club (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Maurice interviews a spokesman for the Jockey Club (not identified - poss. Lord Samuel Vestey) after the signing of a deal to save the Aintree Grand National steeplechase.