Resignation of Alasdair Milne

Title

Resignation of Alasdair Milne

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Jan 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

Home Secretary Douglas Hurd on Alasdair Milne’s resignation as Director-General of the BBC in the wake of criticism. Hurd denies that any pressure had been put on Milne to resign by the Government, and supports the ban on national security grounds of the Secret Society programme on a secret defence project. (Welsh) male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

Government; BBC; Television programmes; State security; Zircon; Secret Society; Alastair Milne

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