City week

Title

City week

Genre

Interview; Speech; Discussion; Parliamentary debate; Special; Trailer

TX Date

May 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:26:53

Description

City Week. A review of the week’s news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit, hosted by Douglas Moffitt and Tom Maddocks. Topics covered include: the contents of the Queen’s Speech following the 1979 General Election and the victory of the Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher; abolition of the Price Commission; James Callaghan, Labour leader; managerial wages; redistribution of wealth; Premium savings bonds; report on the collapse of the Grays Building Society and fraud perpetrated by Harold Jaggard. Speakers include: Dick Grace, Conti Commodities; Queen Elizabeth II; Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; John Nott, Trade Secretary; Sir John Methven, CBI; Roy Close, British Institute of Management; Frank Field, Labour MP; Patrick Robinson, Department for National Savings; Ralph Stow, Building Societies Association. Reporters include: Vivian White?; Steve Marlow. Studio direction by Ray Gannon(?).

Contributors

John Methven; Margaret Thatcher; Vivian White?; Queen Elizabeth II; Frank Field; John Nott; Tom Maddocks; Douglas Moffitt; Ray Gannon(?); Dick Grace; Steve Marlow; Roy Close; Ralph Stow; Patrick Robinson

Keywords

Budgets; Government; Labour Party; Wages; Exports; Prices; Inflation; Fraud; Crime; Taxation; Economics; Conservative Party; Monetary policy; Business; Exchange rates; Surveys; Economic policy; Finance; International trade; Foreign exchange; Gibraltar; General elections; Foreign aid; Economic forecasting; Bangladesh; Currencies; Costs; Guyana; Management; Economic statistics; Financial markets; Commodities; Premium savings bonds; Grays Building Society; Harold Jaggard

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