BBC World Service - Margaret Thatcher phone-in

Title

BBC World Service - Margaret Thatcher phone-in

Genre

Interview; Discussion; Phone-in; Special

TX Date

30 Oct 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:49:33

Description

Special programme broadcast on the BBC World Service in which UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is questioned by members of the public from around the world via a phone-in. The subjects covered include: the US invasion of Grenada; the Falklands War; the future of Hong Kong; nuclear weapons. The host is Margaret Howard. Callers include: David Ellis, Bridgetown, Barbados; Betty Miller, Falkland Islands; Nancy Lee, Hong Kong; Klaus Hammel(?), Aarhus, Denmark; Raymond Lloyd, Rome, Italy; John Stuehr, New York; Fiona Macintosh, Nicaragua; Marshall Shackman(?), New Jersey; Anna Wi(?), Singapore.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; BBC World Service; David Ellis; Margaret Howard; Betty Miller; Nancy Lee; Raymond Lloyd; John Sture(?); Fiona Macintosh; Marshall Shackman(?); Anna Wi(?); Klaus Hammel(?)

Keywords

USA; Middle East; Politics; Foreign affairs; Government; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Conservative Party; USSR; International relations; Grenada; Military affairs; International politics; Prime ministers; Hong Kong; Nuclear weapons; Defence policy; Colonial countries; Falklands War (1982); Wars (events); Political leaders

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