Mary Whitehouse had government support

Title

Mary Whitehouse had government support

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Jan 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:34

Description

Mary Whitehouse, a campaigner against showing sex and violence on television, talks to Paul Maurice about Cabinet papers for 1964 recently released under the 30 year rule which show many MPs were sympathetic to her views. She speaks of her campaign’s relationship with Hugh Greene, former Director-General of the BBC.

Contributors

Mary Whitehouse; Paul Maurice

Keywords

Government; Television; Violence; Censorship; BBC; Television programmes; Cabinet ministers; Sex; Cabinet (politics); Alec Douglas-Home; Communication control; Hugh Greene

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