The step behind you

Title

The step behind you

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:48:00

Description

The Step Behind You. Capital Radio Special Report, presented by Jane Walmsley, about assaults on public transport in London. Part one is about assaults on public and staff on British Rail (particularly Southern Region)and includes interviews with Commander Bill Palmer, London Transport Police; Chief Operations Manager of British Rail, Bill Bradshaw; Detective Chief Superintendent Parry; British Rail guard Cyril Wilkes(?); victim of assault, Michelle Booth; members of the public at Euston Station. Part two is subtitled The Stranger on the Tube, and is about attacks on the underground including interviews with victim of assault, Cathy; Michael Davis, Secretary of Passengers Committee; Ruth Hall, Women Against Rape; Shelagh Roberts, Transport Committee, GLC; Charles Cope, Director of Operations, London Transport; Richard Hope, Railway Gazette; Louise, assault victim.

Contributors

Richard Hope; Jane Walmsley; Bill Bradshaw; Bill Palmer; Detective Chief Superintendent Parry; Cyril Wilkes(?); Michelle Booth; Michael Davis; Ruth Hall; Charles Cope; Shelagh Roberts; Capital Radio

Keywords

Crime; London Transport; Police; British Rail; GLC; Public transport; Railways; Underground railway networks; Homicide; Assault; Michelle Booth; Kim Taylor; Wendy Hall; Heidi Mnilk; Grievous bodily harm; Actual bodily harm; Personal safety; Violence against the person

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