Mary Whitehouse retires as President but will still campaign
- Title
- Mary Whitehouse retires as President but will still campaign
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 20 May 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:05:07
- Description
- Live telephone interview with Mary Whitehouse prior to her retirement tomorrow as President of the National Viewers and Listeners Association, the watchdog and pressure group for standards in broadcasting. On the legislation the association campaigned for; ongoing battle to make the Obscene Publications Act effective; and the ridicule she received from the media for speaking out against violence on television. Male and female interviewers not identified.
- Contributors
- Mary Whitehouse
- Keywords
- Legislation; Press; National Viewers and Listeners Association; Television; Violence; Broadcasting; Mass media; Retirement; Mary Whitehouse; Standards; Obscene Publications Act
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LBC/IRN, "Mary Whitehouse retires as President but will still campaign". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003000049010 (Accessed 04 May 2025)