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  1. Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on views of the mass picketing by members of various trade unions and violent incidents outside the Grunwick factory from factory owner George Ward, John Gorst Mr Ward’s MP, and two Grunwick workers...

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  2. Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Peter Sharp reports on the arrest of Arthur Scargill, miners’ union leader, at the Grunwick factory mass picket. Violence is increasing at the pickets and there is criticism of police action particularly...

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  3. First British astronaut hopeful (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Sharp interviews William Grut, one of five Britains competing with 55 other Europeans for the first extra terrestrial vacancy offered by the European Space Agency.

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  4. Arthur Matthews, ex-butler on Idi Amin (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Part of an interview by Peter Sharp with Arthur Matthews, former butler of Ugandan President, Idi Amin. He speaks about Amin’s personality and habits and his own fear of being sent to prison and mixed...

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  5. Arthur Matthews, ex-butler on Idi Amin (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Part of an interview by Peter Sharp with Arthur Matthews, former butler of Ugandan President, Idi Amin. He speaks about Amin’s personality and habits and his own fear of being sent to prison and mixed...

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  6. Galveston explosion (1977)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Roy Flores reports from the USA to Peter Sharp at IRN on an explosion in Galveston, Texas, where people were trapped inside a grain elevator. 10 people are reported dead and a further 23 injured. Emergency...

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  7. Andrew Newton safety concerns (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Brian Aspell, Andrew Newton’s solicitor, is concerned about his client’s safety following his disappearance, after claims that he had been hired as a hit-man by ex-Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe.

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  8. Sir Geoffrey Jackson on terrorism (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Sharp interviews British diplomat and writer Sir Geoffrey Jackson on terrorism after the rescue of hostages from a hijacking in Mogadishu, Somalia. He talks about how terrorists use television as a...

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  9. Mining leaders on age of retirement (1977)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Coal Board Chairman, Sir Derek Ezra on the debate over early retirement for miners. Ezra says that workers under ground will be included but that the Coal Board cannot include above ground workers in the...

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  10. Richard Adams on Watership Down and subsequent career (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Sharp interviews Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, at his home on the Isle of Man, describes the book, the reasons for writing it, and why he settled down to write in the first place. He...

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