Miners strike - Ian MacGregor and Arthur Scargill on Channel 4 News

Title

Miners strike - Ian MacGregor and Arthur Scargill on Channel 4 News

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Jun 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Report on the appearance of National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill on ITN’s Channel 4 News. Includes interview with the channel’s head of news, Stuart Purves, who says Scargill is a natural in front of the camera; clip of Scargill interviewing the former secretary of Orgreave Colliery, Yorkshire (addressed by Scargill as Fred); MacGregor talking about the economics of extracting coal. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Ian MacGregor; Channel 4; Stuart Purves

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Coal mining; Television; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal industry; Mining; NCB; Mass media; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Channel 4; Ian MacGregor; Strikes (events); Orgreave Colliery

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