LBC reports the Election - Part 6

Title

LBC reports the Election - Part 6

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Election coverage; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Special; Jingle

TX Date

10 Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

01:04:07

Description

LBC Reports the Election, presented by Dan Damon, following the end of voting in the 1983 UK General Election and during the announcement of the results. Reporters and presenters include: Steve Crozier; Peter Murphy; Jo Andrews; Barbara Bloomfield; Rosy Kempston; Prue Keely; Antonia Higgs; Mike Carson; Therese Birch. Speakers include: Peter Kellner, New Statesman; Shirley Williams, Social Democratic Party (SDP); Roy Jenkins, SDP leader; Alan Watson, Liberal; Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP; John Wheeler, SDP MP; Michael Foot, Labour leader; Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; Tony Benn, Labour; Peter Jackson, historian. Includes news bulletins; advertisements (with Freddie Barrett); news reports; jingles; phone-in; press conference; weather bulletin.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Shirley Williams; Peter Murphy; Tony Benn; John Wheeler; Roy Jenkins; Prue Keely; Michael Foot; Therese Birch; Mike Carson; Peter Kellner; Antonia Higgs; Jo Andrews; Steve Crozier; Peter Jackson; Jeremy Corbyn; Dan Damon; Alan Watson; Rosy Kempston; Barbara Bloomfield; Freddie Barrett

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Political parties; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; General elections; Political coalitions; Parliamentary candidates

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