Nightline

Title

Nightline

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin; Talk show; Phone-in; Jingle; Trailer

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:55:09

Description

On LBC programme Nightline, Metropolitan Police Complaints Bureau Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jim Sewell and MP for Battersea South, Alf Dubs discuss the consequences of Operation Countryman, an investigation into corruption in London police forces, and the police complaints system. Members of the public phone-in. With LBC news and weather read by Steve Crozier; sport news by David Luddy with report by Jeff Stelling; trailers (one with Richard Bath). Male presenter not identified.

Contributors

Richard Bath; Alf Dubs; Steve Crozier; Jim Sewell; David Luddy; Jeff Stelling

Keywords

London; Law enforcement; Police; Metropolitan Police; Members of Parliament; Corruption; Policing practice; Police personnel; Political corruption; Police management; Informers; Public inquiries; Dismissal from employment; Complaints (public services); Criminal investigation; Employee discipline; DPP; Discipline; Recruitment difficulties; Fear; Peter Matthews; Philip Cuthbert; John Golborne; Criminal Investigation Bureau; Operation Countryman; Arthur Hambleton; Right of silence; Labour Party, Merlyn Rees

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