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Patrick Jenkin on rate-capping legislation (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Report on London council leaders’ negotiations with Patrick Jenkin, Environment Secretary. Jenkin refuses to negotiate over new laws on rate-capping for London boroughs. David Blunkett of Sheffield City...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.19: Programme 19 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 19 Programme 19 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Weeek, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 27th February 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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General election - David Steel visits St Andrews (1987)

Genre

News report; Press conference; Vox pop

Report on Liberal Party leader David Steel’s visit to St. Andrews, Scotland and an offshore survival training centre during the 1987 General Election campaign. Public and reporters question him on whether...

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British Leyland-Cummins deal (1982)

Genre

Interview

David Andrews, British Leyland, on the deal with the American Cummins Engineering Company, which - it is hoped - will save the BL Bathgate factory in Scotland. Also includes interview with John Hackett,...

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Abolition of Fares Fair - Lords ruling (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on a rise in London Transport fares following the Law Lords’ decision to abolish the Greater London Council’s Fares Fair scheme. Includes interviews with GLC transport chairman Dave Wetzel; Stuart...

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New London Transport fares scheme (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Jo Andrews reports on London Transport’s new fares scheme on bus and rail services with travelcards being issued for the first time in the UK. Includes interviews with Ken Livingstone and Dave Wetzel,...

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Liberal conference - nuclear defence (1986)

Genre

News report; Speech

Peter Spencer reports on Day 2 of the Liberal Party conference in Eastbourne. Party leader David Steel discusses the subject of Britain’s nuclear defence. The party had voted against the defence policy....

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Decision makers (1985)

Genre

Interview; Documentary

Decision Makers, presented by Jo Andrews. On the control of hard drugs, and the confiscation of financial profits made by drug barons. Speakers include: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Lord Lane (Geoffrey...

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First Channel 4 broadcast (1982)

Genre

Competition; Jingle; Music; Special

The first minutes of Channel 4 Television. The first voice is announcer Paul Coia. The first programme is Countdown, with presenter Richard Whiteley, Ted Moult, Carol Vorderman, and Cathy Hytner (selecting...

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British schoolchildren in coach crash (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a coach accident in the South of France involving schoolchildren from Beaumont School in St Albans. Parents are preparing to fly out, but little information about survivors has been released so...

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