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Oil rig rescued after breaking adrift (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker about the rescue of an oil rig that came adrift near to the coast of Wales with forty-seven people on board. Male interviewer not identified.
Drug abuse (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. shadow Health spokesman Michael Meacher) about the use of illegal drugs in the UK. The interview follows a lenient sentence awarded by a judge for...
Police entrapping gay people (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) spokesman (poss. Larry Gostin) on claims that the police are acting as agent provacateurs in order to secure the arrest of homosexuals in London....
French explosives row during Mitterrand visit (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the planting of explosives by a security official at the French ambassador’s residence in central London, in order to test British security cover during the visit of President Francois Mitterrand...
Keith Hampson MP acquittal (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the trial acquittal of Conservative MP, Dr Keith Hampson, after being accused of indecent assault in a London gay bar. Male reporter not identified.
Queens Dragoon Guards receive Sword of Peace (1984)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Ferguson receiving the Wilkinson Sword of Peace on behalf of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards at a ceremony at Cardiff Castle, for their peacekeeping work in the Lebanon....
Jennifer Thurgood on transplant (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with heart and lung transplant patient Jennifer Thurgood, on the change in her quality of life following the operation. Female interviewer not identified. (Jennifer Thurgood died six weeks after...
Greenpeace anti-whaling action (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a Greenpeace member on how he boarded a Russian boat he mistakenly thought was a whaling ship and how they informed them about new regulations in whaling. Male speaker and interviewer not...
Randolph Fields tries to buy Laker Airways (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Maurice interviews Randolph Fields, co-founder of Virgin Atlantic, on his attempts to buy the budget Laker Airways company, with planes flying from Prestwick, Strathclyde.
Police racial discrimination (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male police spokesman on legislation making racially discriminatory behaviour by a police officer a disciplinary offence. The move follows the recommendations of Lord Scarman...