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39,247 results found for all records.
Headmaster faces charges after pupil deaths (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the inquest (and death by misadventure verdict) after students from Stoke Poges Middle School were drowned on a school visit to Land’s End in Cornwall. Also on the possible dismissal of...
Local radio station managers discuss operation (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes interviews Martin Lee from Greenwich Sound, and Tony Edge from Radio Basildon, who discuss the running of their radio stations and their content, including the advertising and copyright laws...
Dr Death house enquiry (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ron Blake, London estate agent, who describes his encounter with a man claiming to be a doctor who enquired about a house with a fake bankers draft giving a fake phone number. He was told he...
Son drowns in Hyde Park (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Yvonne Wright after the death of her son Adrian, who drowned in the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park on a visit from a play centre. Female interviewer not identified.
TV broadcasting of Parliament (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. a member of the House of Lords) on the success of the experiment of television broadcasting of Parliamentary debates and possible extension of the...
Civil servant pay rises (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP and minister Norman Tebbit on pay rises for civil servants. He defends the Government’s decision to accept recommended higher pay rises than allowed for other professional...
Pupils from Stoke Poges die in tragic accident (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the outcome of an inquest into the drowning deaths of pupils from Stoke Poges Middle School on holiday at Land’s End, Cornwall. Includes comment from grieving parents; teacher Robin Harrington...
Drug crime to be tackled (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, on proposals for new crime squads to tackle drugs, including the appointment of senior officers and greater cooperation between police and Customs. Male interviewer not identified.
Council workers killed at sewage works (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified police officer who describes the discovery of three council employees at a sewage plant in Lanarkshire, after being shot dead and then set on fire (24/07/85). Appeals for...
Collapse of Johnson Matthey bank (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Michael Hepker, associate of Johnson Matthey on claims of fraud made against him by Brian Sedgemore MP after the collapse and subsequent rescue of the bank. Male interviewer not identified.