LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher C4 interview

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

5 Jan 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:47

Description

Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s interview for Channel 4 News (04/01/84). In excerpts, Thatcher speaks of a third industrial revolution, the shipbuilding dispute, and the growth of employment in the service industries. She rules out any early recall of troops from Beirut. The Common Market is discussed, as well as relations between the East and West. Thatcher believes British people back the NATO alliance. She calls upon the Russians to return to the Geneva nuclear arms limitation talks. The interviewer is Alastair Burnet. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105594

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; ITN; Channel 4; Alastair Burnet

Keywords

Geneva; Politics; Government; Armed forces; Regeneration; EEC; Conservative Party; USSR; Employment; Common markets; Arms control; Lebanon; Beirut; NATO; Economic recession; Shipbuilding; Industrialization

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