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39,247 results found for all records.
Overview of Penrith and The Border by-election (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Penrith and The Border by-election (28/07/83), which saw the Conservative Party win by a narrow 552 majority over the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Speakers are Conservative Party candidate David...
Demise of British motorcycle (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the British motorcycle industry and its demise. Speakers are four-times world motorcycling champion John Surtees; Triumph Owners Club President and Treasurer, Harry Page(?). Female reporter not...
Operation Skyquest world record attempt (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the attempt by Operation Skyquest to break the world altitude record for hot air balloons. Unfortunately the balloon was caught by a gust of wind before the launch - sending pilot Per Lindstrand 20...
High-tech Falklands War memorial (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the design and creation of a high technology, abstract memorial in the Falkland Islands costing up to £180,000 of tax payers’ money. Includes interview with architect David Clark. Female...
Robert Taylor on North Sea titanium dumping (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Greenpeace spokesman Robert Taylor on the divers’ blockage set up to prevent a (German?) ship dumping titanium dioxide waste into the North Sea. Female interviewer not identified.
Caroline Hogg murder hunt (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the hunt for the killer of 5 year-old Caroline Hogg. Includes an appeal by Chief Constable Hector Clark of Northumbria Police for the driver of a blue Cortina to come forward. He talks about a...
Diane Jones case - Car sought (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a car, sold through Exchange and Mart, thought to be connected to the disappearance of Mrs Diane Jones. Includes interview with Detective Superintendent Mike Ainsley. Female reporter not identified.
Diane Jones case - Witness sighting (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Essex mill owner Barry Otger, who claims to have seen Mrs Diane Jones on the afternoon of her disappearance, in a hairdresser’s she had visited for the first time. He says she was behaving...
Wandsworth Council and private firms (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Wandsworth Council plans to sell services to private companies, and the strike by Prichards staff over pay and refuse collection for the area. Grand Met also had a one-day strike following a fair...
Tom McClean crosses Atlantic (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with adventurer Tom McClean, following the completion of his single-handed 3000-mile voyage across the Atlantic in the world’s smallest yacht. (Scottish) male interviewer not identified.