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The quiet conquest - the Huguenots (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
The Quiet Conquest - The Huguenots. The Huguenots were intelligent, skilled French citizens, who fled from Catholic France where they were persecuted, to Protestant England among many other countries. Here...
The last Wimpy (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
The world’s only Wellington bomber to see active service lies at the bottom of Loch Ness, and the operation to retrieve the aircraft is underway. Loch Ness Wellington Association team leader Bob Alwood...
Taken for granted (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
In this episode of his regular show Richard Robbins travels to the Western Riverside Refuse Transfer Station in London, to look at the subject of waste disposal. He talks to plant manager Mike Campbell, who...
Taken for granted (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Taken for Granted. Programme 5: Television. In this episode of his regular show Richard Robbins travels to Thames Television Centre to see how a television programme is put together. He is on set for the Des...
Precious bane (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
Reading from Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb, set in Shropshire at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, about a girl with a hare- lip. In 19 parts. In this episode Book 3, Chapter 1 to Book 3, Chapter 2....
Dracula (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
Dracula. From the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker about vampires. 2 consecutive instalments, the first apparently continued, the second concluding the story. Male reader not identified.
City of London (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Documentary on the history, archaeology and institutions of the City of London. Includes interviews with City historian, John Kennedy Melling (also James Kennedy Melling?); Bank of England Curator, John...
A force to be reckoned with. Pt 1 (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Part 1 is a short history of women in the armed forces. Discovers how they began active service, and talks to women about why they want to join up. Liz Pollett, a recruiting officer, talks about what they...
Daisy Miller (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
Reading from Daisy Miller, Henry James’s 1878 novella. In the story Daisy Miller portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl, who is very beautiful, by Winterbourne, a compatriot with...
The railway children (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
The Railway Children, Part 1. Edith Nesbit’s 1906 story, of a family who move to a house near the railway after the father is falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians and imprisoned for...