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ILEA turns down White Lion School grant application (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female speaker (poss. Sally Carr) from White Lion Street Free School in Islington, north London, on the rejection of their grant application to the Inner London Education Authority. Male...
Verdict of misadventure at Liddle Towers inquest (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Police solicitor Brian Spoor speaks to reporters following the verdict of misadventure at the inquiry into the death of amateur boxer Liddle Towers. Liddle’s mother, Mary Towers, and sister, Marion Towers,...
Woman to have heart transplant (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified woman discusses her forthcoming heart transplant operation which will be the first in nearly ten years. She talks about her concerns, and about heart surgeons Christiaan Barnard and Donald...
Artificial insemination (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female speaker (from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service?) on artificial insemination and the procedures for acceptance onto the programme. She says that each case is evaluated on its merits...
Alexander Lieven on death of Vladimir Simeanov (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Alexander Lieven, Controller of BBC European services, on the death of journalist Vladimir Simeonov. Lieven also discusses the assassination of Bulgarian writer and broadcaster Georgi Markov, but does not...
Borkov on death of Bulgarian defectors (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Philip Borkov(?) of the Bulgarian Embassy in London says that the embassy has offered to help police with their enquiries into the deaths of Georgi Markov and Vladimir Simeonov. Male interviewer not identified.
Sally Carr on financial problems at White Lion Street Free School (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Sally Carr of the White Lion Street Free School in Islington, discusses the school’s financial problems after losing Inner London Education Authority funding. Carr says that money from a public appeal has...
Fookes on overcrowding in prison (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Janet Fookes on overcrowding in Britain’s prisons and the benefits of weekend prisons. Fookes argues that there needs to be a change in the fines system and that anyone who is dangerous...
Pete Wilkinson on Orkney seal cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of Greenpeace UK, Pete Wilkinson on a campaign to stop the culling of seals near the Orkney Islands, which he claims is totally unjustified. Male interviewer not identified.
Pete Wilkinson on cull meeting (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of Greenpeace UK, Pete Wilkinson on a meeting with government ministers on the proposed cull of seals near the Orkney Islands. Wilkinson asks Scottish Labour MP Bruce Millan to explain the reasons...