Monty at large

Title

Monty at large

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

23 Mar 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:51:44

Description

In this edition of Monty at Large, Monty Modlyn visits fashionable Park Lane in London including high class hotels and restaurants, and looking at house prices. Speaks to: Manager of the Inn on the Park, Raymond Pahares(?); Manager at the InterContinental Hotel, Mary Gunter(?); manager at the Hilton Hotel, Jean Pierre Piquet(?); banqueting manager at the Hilton Hotel, David Irving; toast master Ivor Spencer; owner of Grosvenor House, Margaret Campbell the Duchess of Argyll; front hall manager of the La Fontaine restaurant, James Welsh; Paul Garundar from the Dorchester Hotel; and estate agent Martin Sturgess(?). Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Ivor Spencer; Monty Modlyn; David Irving; Raymond Pahares(?); Mary Gunter(?); Jean Pierre Piquet(?); Margaret Campbell; James Welsh; Paul Garundar; Martin Sturgess(?)

Keywords

London; Prices; Taxation; Housing; Exchange rates; Hotel industry; Restaurants; Hanging; Dorchester Hotel; Economic recession; Tourism; Hotels; Hilton Hotel; Executions; Pop groups; Alcoholic beverages; Modernization; Economic conditions; Park Lane; Intercontinental Hotel; Grosvenor House; Tourists; Service industries; Inn on the Park; Streets; Arthur Wellesley; Duke of Wellington; Buck’s Fizz; La Fontaine

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