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British jetboat attempts water speed record (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Tony Fahey) on upcoming attempt to break the water speed record in a British designed jetboat at a speed in excess of 300 miles an hour, ten years after Donald Campbell was...
Barstool racing latest craze (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Two enthusiasts of the new sport of barstool racing, who became interested when their manager Tom Cotterill brought the idea back from the USA speak about the design of the carts; speeds which can be...
Campaign for posthumous pardon for Derek Bentley (1977)
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- Interview
Iris Bentley, sister of Derek Bentley, who was hanged for the murder of PC Sidney Miles in 1953, on continuing the family campaign to secure a posthumous pardon for him. She speaks of her involvement with a...
Pub customers on background music affecting beer taste (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Unidentified female reporter putting to the test with male customers the results of an experiment which concluded that beer tastes more watery or nauseating when raucous background music is played in pubs....
Nuclear power advocated on 21st anniversary of Calder Hill (1977)
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- Interview
On the twenty-first anniversary of the first UK nuclear power station, Calder Hall, an unidentified male advocate (poss. Con Allday of BNFL?) argues that such stations are safer, cleaner, more reliable and...
Vanessa Raven murder (1977)
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- Interview
Police spokesman on enquiries into the murder of charwoman Mrs Vanessa Raven at her home in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (16/10/77). He argues if her screams had been reported, the tragedy might have been prevented...
Consumer advice centres (1977)
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- Interview
A government spokesman (poss. David Ennals, Social Security Secretary) on the importance to the less well off of consumer advice centres. Arguing that it is a false economy for local authorities to save...
Daughter held in Spanish jail (1977)
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- Interview
A father on having raised with the Foreign Office the case of his daughter and her boyfriend, who are being held in poor conditions in jail in Milena, Spain, and on having to raise a loan of £7,000 bail...
Docklands competition (1977)
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- Interview
Interview with GLC leader Horace Cutler, on a competition offering a small public owned Docklands waste site rent free for five years with £5,000 in cash. On his hopes that the scheme will attract the...
Boyson on House of Lords (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Rhodes Boyson who is critical of Labour’s proposal to abolish the House of Lords; he says it demonstrates the Marxist tendencies of groups that are moving into Labour. Male...