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  1. Betty Boothroyd becoming Chancellor of the Open University (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Ed Boyle reporting on Betty Boothroyd being appointed Chancellor of the Open University, in addition to her existing responsibilities as a formidable Speaker of the House of Commons. With archive cuts of...

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  2. Betty Boothroyd elected new Speaker (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the election of Betty Boothroyd as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, first woman in the job. With bid speeches from challenger Peter Brooke and Boothroyd; Boothroyd acceptance speech; Brooke...

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  3. Betty Millard wants state pension raised (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Betty Millard of the National Federation of OAPs, on the level of the state pension. Millard wants to see the pension linked to the industrial earnings claiming that the cost of life has increased...

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  4. Betty Schiess on women bishops (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lawrence Spicer interviews the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess on women priests and bishops with reference to a meeting by Anglican Churches in Canterbury. Schiess talks of the Americans’ acceptance and the...

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  5. Betty Williams on women’s peace movement (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    Vivian White interviews Mrs Betty Williams about the women’s peace movement, which grew up in the wake of the deaths of the Maguire children in West Belfast. Williams denies being an organiser of the...

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  6. Peter Terry shooting (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Simon Israel reports on the shooting of the former Governor General of Gibraltar, Sir Peter Terry, by an IRA cell believed to be operating in the Midlands. Includes excerpts from interview with wife, Lady...

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  7. Peace People movement in Northern Ireland (1980)

    Genre
    Feature

    Audio montage on the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland four years after the movement was founded by Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams. The speakers include: Betty Williams; and poss. Mairead...

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  8. Betty Boothroyd on Labour defectors (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour MP Betty Boothroyd urging members of the Labour Party to fight for changes within the party rather than defect after Shirley Williams and other members have left to form the Social...

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  9. Betty Williams resigns from Peace People (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on the resignation of Belfast-based Peace People co-founder Betty Williams from the organisation. Female speaker not identified - possibly Mairead Corrigan. Male interviewer not identified (poss....

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  10. Betty Boothroyd on banning of researchers (1994)

    Genre
    Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Parliamentary statement by Speaker, Betty Boothroyd on the banning of two House of Commons researchers from Westminster for two months after they were caught in Labour leader Tony Blair’s private office....

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