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Investiture

Date released

28 Mar 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1451A

NoS ID

021595

Story no

6 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Investiture. DESCRIPTION: At the Buckingham Palace investiture, Mr Donald Campbell received the CBE, For Cecil Beaton, the photographer, there was a CBE too. Mr Freddie Watts, a...

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Painted Veil, The (2007)

Director

John Curran

Subject

Film studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 minutes), £17.99

Based on the classic novel by Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is an epic and captivating love story set in the 1920s that tells the tale of a young English couple, Walter, a middle-class doctor, and...

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King Lear (1951 Radio)

Series

World Theatre

Producer

Peter Watts

Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Peter Watts with John Gielgud in the title role. Alan MacNaughtan narrates.

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John Watts on rail privatisation (1996)

Genre

Interview

Donald MacCormick asks Railways and Roads Minister John Watts about rail fares, monopolies and competition under the Government’s rail privatisation scheme.

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Ocean Sound This Week No.90: Programme 90 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 90 Programme 90 of a weekly news and sports review called OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK broadcast by independent radio station OCEAN SOUND on 17th July 1988 Presented by PETE WARDMAN....

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Hillingdon Council inquiry (1979)

Genre

Interview

Leader of Hillingdown Council, John Watts seeks a review of checks and systems across the council after the council was accused of maladministration in giving a child a place in the wrong school, and then...

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Transport Minister John Watts on rail privatisation (1996)

Genre

Interview

In the wake of allegations of ticket fraud in the run-up to rail privatisation, Labour’s Brian Wilson has said that the LTS (London-Tilbury-Southend) incident highlights the ease of fraud and scams under...

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Rail operators to be fined for late trains (1995)

Genre

Interview

Telephone interview with rail minister John Watts following the announcement of a Government plan to penalise private rail operators if their trains are late. They will be fined £18 for each minute their...

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Rail safety scheme cutback (1995)

Genre

Interview

John Watts, Minister for Railways and Roads, on rail safety scheme ATP (Automatic Train Protection) which will now only be applied to selected lines due to the cost. Interviewer not heard.

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London travel fares to rise again (1994)

Genre

Interview

John Watts, Roads and Rail Minister, defends fare increases on London’s buses, underground and rail network. Poorly performing services will see a lesser increase. Interviewer not heard.

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