New chairman for BR

Title

New chairman for BR

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

7 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Michael O’Neill on the photo call at Euston Station with outgoing British Rail Chairman Sir Robert Basil Reid and new chairman Robert Paul Reid, which he attended, and the controversy over the high rise in the pay packet offered with the role. Includes interview with the new Bob Reid; press conference with Cecil Parkinson, Transport Secretary; interview with John Prescott, Labours transport spokesman; press interview with outgoing Sir Bob.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson; John Prescott; Michael O’Neill; Robert Basil Reid; Robert Paul Reid

Keywords

Wages; British Rail; Railways; Railway companies; Robert Reid; Euston Station

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