After eight special

Title

After eight special

Genre

Interview; Documentary; News bulletin; Advertisement; Jingle; Trailer

TX Date

28 Mar 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:56:52

Description

Greg Strange presents an After Eight Saturday special on the recent history of London’s docks, including the movement away from the old east and central docks, modernisation and resultant drop in labour requirements, concentration of Port of London Authority operations on Tilbury Dock and prospects for the vacant Docklands area. Includes interviews with editor of Dock and Harbour Authority magazine, Ken Cottrill; Newham South MP Nigel Spearing; PLA Director of Docks Bob Clarke; GLC leader Sir Horace Cutler; Bob Colenutt of the Joint Docklands Action Group. With news bulletins; advertisements (including voice of Fred Housego); trailers for John Lennon memorial live on LBC, Artsweek, London Interview and Nightline. Breaks in recording towards end.

Contributors

Horace Cutler; Nigel Spearing; Greg Strange; Fred Housego; Ken Cottrill; Bob Clarke; Bob Colenutt

Keywords

London; Docks; Urban regeneration; Technological change; Docklands; Urban development; Dock workers; Port of London Authority; Modernization; Urban communities; Redundancies; Tilbury Dock

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