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Launch of Sky TV (1989)

Genre

Special

Actuality of the start of Rupert Murdoch’s Sky satellite television channels, supposed dawn of a new age in television. Lists the highlights of the television service. Also contains a section from...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.81: Programme 81 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 81 Programme 81 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 15 May 1988. Presented by PETE WARDMAN....

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Flowers in the sky (Drama) (1985)

A play for radio by the playwright Nick McCarthy

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Launch of Sky channel in UK (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Les Gibbard(?) reports for WR News on the launch in Swindon, of the UK Sky cable channel, and the future of Sky and cable television networks. Includes interview with David Secretier(?) General Manager of...

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Satellite TV networks merger (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

As British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plan a merger of satellite TV networks, John Allen reports on how BSB has been fraught with problems since its beginnings. Includes actuality of Sky TV...

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Front bencher fired over Sky TV job (1989)

Genre

Interview

Peter Spencer interviews Austin Mitchell MP who has been fired from Neil Kinnock’s shadow cabinet as trade spokesman for taking a part time job with Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television.

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Reach for the Sky appeal (1990)

Genre

Speech

Speech by UK Chancellor, John Major, at the launch of the RAF benevolent fund at the Guildhall, London.

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Film awards and British hopes (1995)

Genre

News report

Dominic Waghorn reports on British cinema hopes for the Oscars following awards at the Golden Globe ceremony. Extracts of films Blue Sky and Four Weddings and a Funeral and Tom Hanks speaking on his award...

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Sky TV scrambling their signal for subscriptions (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with head of British Sky Broadcasting David Elstein on BSB scrambling their signals; why they charge for their service; if they are deliberately misleading people to get customers; the price that...

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Uncertain future of satellite TV network (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview on a television programming budget for the coming three years and future competition in the television market (possibly in the context of the Sky-BSB merger). Male speaker and interviewer not...

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