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  1. Future plans for British Leyland (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on TASS union plan for British Leyland and criticising Chairman Michael Edwardes’ plan; says without public finance the company would collapse with large loss of jobs; effect of British economy...

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  2. Derek Robinson on British Leyland options (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the options other than staff cuts available to Michael Edwardes, the new BL Chairman to make the company economically viable. Male...

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  3. British Leyland plans to survive the recession (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech by British Leyland Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes on plans for more job losses and the need to curb Japanese imports. With speech excerpts. Male reporter not identified.

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  4. BL strike decision - Response to Edwardes threats (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Report on the decision to strike by British Leyland workers in response to proposed closure threats by Chief Executive, Sir Michael Edwardes. Speakers include: BL staff (not identified); Jack Adams,...

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  5. British Leyland staff cuts (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...

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  6. British Leyland production (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jim Pickard, chairman of the Park Royal shop stewards, responds to British Leyland Chairman Michael Edwardes’s charge that production at British Leyland has been held back. Pickard strenuously denies the...

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  7. Roy Orchard on British Leyland protest (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Longbridge shop steward Roy Orchard (possibly during a demonstration against Michael Edwardes’s plans for British Leyland), on the government’s lack of sympathy for the workers, need to safeguard jobs,...

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  8. David Gilroy Bevan on British Leyland (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative MP David Gilroy Bevan criticising the management of British Leyland, particularly Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes, for closing manufacturing plants and wasting money. And on a...

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  9. Launch of the new Ford Triumph (1981)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the new Ford Triumph Acclaim, part of Ford’s recovery plan. Male reporter not identified.

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  10. John Williams on British Leyland ‘binges’ (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour MP John Williams criticizes British Leyland plans to ‘binge’ or bribe car dealers with expensive treats, arguing that this approach is inappropriate and insensitive in the light of prospective...

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