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  1. Channel 4 won’t broadcast Commons (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Channel 4 has suspended plans to televise regular live broadcasts from the House of Commons because of restrictive regulations. Instead the channel will include occasional live coverage in news bulletins and...

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  2. New Channel 5 ownership bids in (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chairman of the Commons Media Committee Roger Gale MP, on the new television channel, Channel 5, which 4 companies have put in bids to run. Gale expresses his concerns over funding and quality...

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  3. Channel Tunnel rail link proposals (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Russell reports from Westminster on the Government’s proposed route for the Channel Tunnel rail link. Includes Commons statement on the proposals by Transport Secretary John McGregor; Commons...

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  4. Channel Tunnel rail link route (1994)

    Genre
    Speech

    Commons speech by Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the proposed route he has chosen for the Channel Tunnel rail link, although further consultation will be undertaken. Details the route in London and Kent.

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  5. Kenneth Rawson on ferry safety (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Kenneth Rawson, Chairman of the Safety Commitee of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. On the safety of roll on roll off ferries, and the possibilities for accidents during Channel...

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  6. MPs vote to back permanent televising of the House of Commons (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the MPs’ vote to back permanent televising of the House of Commons, with coverage of the debate. Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe arguing that fears MPs would play to the cameras had largely...

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  7. Margaret Thatcher refuses public money for Channel Tunnel link (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher effectively refuses to put any Government money into the building of the high-speed rail link for the Channel Tunnel. She is also defiant on the...

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  8. Channel Tunnel route (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Report on Parliament’s reaction to Transport Secretary John MacGregor’s speech unveiling the proposed route for the Channel Tunnel rail link (short excerpt heard). And also questions on freemasons in...

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  9. Norman Lamont unveils budget (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Des Fahy reports on the budget from Chancellor Norman Lamont with excerpts of his Commons speech. Covers tax changes; duty rises; rail links to Heathrow Airport and the Channel Tunnel; and his plan to bring...

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  10. New TV drama based on MPs (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Jeff Collins reports on a new political soap made by Prince Edward’s television company, Ardent Productions. Channel Four’s Annie’s Bar features the lives, schemes and loves of backbench MPs as they...

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