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John Honey on standard English pamphlet (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with John Honey on his pamphlet The Language Trap, which advocates the teaching of Standard English and grammar in schools. Honey cites NUM leader Arthur Scargill, who was encouraged by his father...

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Tam Dalyell warns of environmental impact of Iraq war (1991)

Genre

Interview

Environmentalists are warning that war in the Gulf could wreak havoc with the planet. They are calling for the United Nations Security Council to debate the ecological consequences of a battle in the...

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Maxwell pensions scandal aftermath (1992)

Genre

Interview

Ken Trench, Chairman of the Maxwell Pensioners’ Action Group is disappointed the Commons Select Committee on Social Security proposals regarding the Maxwell scandal fail to recommend automatic...

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Lady Porter on corruption report (1988)

Genre

Interview

Westminster City Council leader Shirley Porter responds to the report on the Building Stable Communities/Homes for Votes scandal in which she was said to be encouraging Conservative votes, partly through the...

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Macbeth (1951 Television)

Series

Sure As Fate

Director

Yul Brynner

Producer

Peter Frye

US anthology drama series directed by Yul Brynner and hosted by Francis L. Sullivan. John Carradine and Evelyn Anderson are the Macbeths. The production was set in the future; the actors wore leather jackets...

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Question mark over England’s return to UEFA cup (1990)

Genre

Interview

Lennart Johansson, President of Europe’s football-governing body, UEFA, says violence surrounding England’s latest world cup match has ruined any hopes of an early return for English clubs to continental...

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SDP Conference - David Owen interview (1988)

Genre

Interview

Speaking after the party conference in Torquay, the leader of the re-formed Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr David Owen, discusses the introduction of proportional representation and claims that the...

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Tempest, The (1920 Film)

Director

Robert N. Bradbury

Fiction short. A modernisation very loosely based on Shakespeare’s play. The hero is shang-haid, thrown overboard in a storm, finds refuge on an island and falls in love with the lighthouse keeper’s...

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1910 Film)

Fiction short. A version of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Ball (op cit) notes that Fenton, Shallow, Slender, Sir Hugh Evans, Doctor Caius and Mistress Quickly are omitted.

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Toast of the Town [03/04/1949] (1949 Television)

Series

Toast of the Town

Director

Alex Leftwich

Variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. In this episode, a 5.5 minute sequence, John Carradine performs Gloucester’s soliloquy from Act III ii of 3 Henry VI.

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