Hayes on Sunday

Title

Hayes on Sunday

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:21:11

Description

Hayes on Sunday. Brian Hayes revisits his week’s shows and interviews with: Sir Richard Marsh chairman of the Newspaper Publishers Association and former head of British Rail on his recent autobiography Off the Rails and in particular the reduced power of Parliament in relation to business and trade unions; Alan Coren editor of Punch magazine on how it no longer has any serious pieces and what makes comedy; Kingman Brewster US ambassador to the UK on Jimmy Carter, lessons from the Vietnam War and foreign policy and compares USA to UK. Ends with music.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Richard Marsh; Alan Coren; Kingman Brewster

Keywords

Comedy; USA; Middle East; Trade unions; Newspapers; Parliament; Periodicals; Jimmy Carter; Autobiographies; Vietnam War (1945-1975); Political coalitions; Punch magazine

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