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218 results found for '"Anniversary celebrations"' in Keywords.
Holiday 261 (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music
Di Latham presents Holiday 261, focusing on holidays in the USA in America’s bicentennial year. Includes interviews in the USA with Reg Pycroft from Jetsave about fly drive holidays. Travel writer Eunice...
Battle of Britain 40 years on (1980)
- Genre
- Feature; Jingle; Special
Battle of Britain 40 Years On, compiled and narrated by Richard Robbins. A special programme to mark the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain air campaign during the Second World War, looking back...
Thatcher on international relations and foreign affairs (1981)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gives a speech at the Diplomatic and Commonwealth Writer’s Association dinner on its 21st anniversary. The president of the association (not identified) speaks about their...
Zimbabwean independence - 1st anniversary (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the celebrations to mark the first year of independence for Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) after the introduction of majority rule elections and the end of white supremacy under the regime of Prime...
Vigil commemorates Gdansk demonstration (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a vigil in London commemorating the events in the Polish city of Gdasnk in 1970 when anti-government demonstrations led to the downfall of communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. Includes interview...
Our kind of town (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Our Kind of Town, presented by Cathy(?) Stokes. This edition looks at the history, recent developments, and social problems of the districts of Lewisham and Blackheath in South London, and coincides with...
Marconi transatlantic broadcast 80th anniversary (1981)
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- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the 80th anniversary and celebrations of the first transatlantic broadcast by Marconi. Includes morse code example; Ron Legerden(?) re-enacting the broadcast, speaking in Cornwall to Newfoundland...
Queen visits Pebble Mill studios (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the visit of the Queen to Pebble Mill, the BBC’s Birmingham headquarters, on the tenth anniversary of the opening of the studios as a network centre. Includes interviews with Ken Barton, Royal...
Ronald Reagan anniversary - One year in office (1982)
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- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s first year in office. Speakers include: US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig; US President Ronald Reagan; Senator Robert Bird.
Scout Movement - 75th anniversary (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from the House of Commons, at the launch of the Year of the Scout, on the 75th anniversary of the Scout Movement, founded in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell. Speakers include: Arthur Primmer, ex-scout;...