Gill Pyrah programme

Title

Gill Pyrah programme

Genre

Interview; Press conference; Speech; Parliamentary debate; News bulletin; Advertisement; Jingle; Trailer

TX Date

27 Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:52:02

Description

Gill Pyrah interviews ornithologist and conservationist, Sir Peter Scott, following the release of his latest volume of diaries, Travel Diaries of a Naturalist. The programme also contains the afternoon’s session of Prime Minister’s Question Time introduced by Peter Murphy - speaking are: Speaker Bernard Weatherill; PM Margaret Thatcher; Ian Wrigglesworth; Peter Temple-Morris; Merlyn Rees; Michael Meadowcroft; Kenneth Carlisle; Roy Hattersley; Anna McCurley; Alf Morris; John Hume; Virginia Bottomley; Laurie Pavitt; John Hannam; Jill Knight; Ray Powell. Includes advertisements (featuring Billy Connolly); news bulletin (with Steve Crozier, Jimmy Palmer, Tim Knight, Peter Kralj, Margaret Thatcher); travel news (by Jane Markham); weather; financial news; sports report (with David Luddy, Andrew Gidley, Dominic Allan); trailers (with Brian Hayes, Bob Holness); jingles.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Merlyn Rees; Margaret Thatcher; Bob Holness; Peter Murphy; Roy Hattersley; Ian Wrigglesworth; Peter Scott; John Hume; Anna McCurley; Steve Crozier; Dominic Allan; Jill Knight; Virginia Bottomley; Peter Temple-Morris; Bernard Weatherill; Tim Knight; Gill Pyrah; Andrew Gidley; Billy Connolly; Alf Morris; Michael Meadowcroft; David Luddy; Kenneth Carlisle; Jimmy Palmer; Laurie Pavitt; John Hannam; Ray Powell; Peter Kralj; Jane Markham

Keywords

Politics; Travel; Nature conservation; Diaries; Peter Scott; Conservationists; Ornithologists; Travel Diaries of a Naturalist

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