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22 results found for '"Disabilities"' in Keywords.
Look back in hope (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Poetry
Look Back In Hope, presented by Lawrence Spicer. A programme about the International Year of Disabled Persons, organised by the United Nations. Bob Holness reads a poem about disability by Roger McGough and...
Disability row in Teignmouth (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Brian Rix, Mencap) on a rift in the Devon town of Teignmouth between local traders and representatives of disabled tourists. Female interviewer not identified.
Disabled children and special schools (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Programme presented by Eve Conway on special schools in London and possible changes in Government education policy and effects of Children Act 1981 meaning children with physical and mental disabilities will...
Death of PC Philip Olds (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Report on the death of Queen’s Gallantry Medal recipient PC Philip Olds. Olds had been paralysed after being shot whilst on duty. Includes facts on his personal life, his state of mind, and his...
Funeral of PC Philip Olds (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Report on the funeral of Queen’s Gallantry Medal recipient PC Philip Olds, who had struggled unsuccessfully to walk again after being shot whilst on duty. Includes speech by the Reverend John Spinks, and...
Autistic son given overdose (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angus Moorat reports from Reading Crown Court where a housewife from Berkshire has been describing how she tried to kill her autistic son. Judith Jones went through a catalogue of personal tragedy last...
Inquest into death of disabled woman in squalid conditions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Davina Payne reports on calls for a public inquiry and legislative change in light of the case of Beverly Lewis, the deaf, blind and disabled woman who died in squalor at the home she shared with her...
Nightline (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Discussion; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement
Nightline. Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, is a Labour member of the House of Lords, and the United Kingdom’s first profoundly deaf MP. Here he is interviewed by Barney Burnham on Nightline, where he...
Michael Fox jailed for kidnap and rape (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Michael Fox has been given nine life sentences for the kidnap and rape of five mentally disabled women. Chief Superintendent Des Donohoe tells an unidentified female interviewer that he agreed with the...
Gulf War Syndrome (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Maurice reports on evidence given by military veterans to a House of Commons Defence Committee regarding Gulf War Syndrome â all had been given inoculations by the Ministry of Defence which they...