Nightline special

Title

Nightline special

Genre

Interview; Discussion; News bulletin; Talk show; Phone-in; Advertisement; Trailer

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:48:56

Description

Closing part of Nightline special programme with LBC linking up with Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station a month after the end of the war, looking at the future of the islands. In Port Stanley presenter Patrick Watts and studio panel of Graham Bound, editor of local newspaper Penguin News; shopkeeper Tony Chater; hotel proprietor Margaret Davidson; legislative councillor Terry Peck. In the LBC studio presenter Dan Damon; Lord Shackleton (Edward Shackleton), who recently updated for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher his report on the economic development of the islands; and Guardian diplomatic correspondent Patrick Keatley. Listeners phone in to comment including mutton exporter, Bert Herdwick and former islander, Tom Forster(?). LBC news and weather read by Greg Strange; also adverts and trailers, with Mike Carson and Dave Brenner. Audio quality poor in sections broadcast from Falklands.

Contributors

Mike Carson; Patrick Keatley; Dan Damon; Edward Shackleton; Tony Chater; Patrick Watts; Terry Peck; Dave Brenner; Graham Bound; Margaret Davidson; Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station; Tom Forster(?); Bert Herdwick

Keywords

Reports; Internal politics; Great Britain; Fundraising; Meat; Investment; Economic systems; Oil; Future developments; Colonial countries; Radio; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Sovereignty; Loans; Trade; Migration; Governance; Communication; Port Stanley; Population; Mutton; Communication methods; Rex Hunt; Cheryl Bonner; Falklands Appeal Fund

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