LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The night is young

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Music; Advertisement; Trailer

TX Date

5 May 1988

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:54:29

Description

Gill Pyrah interviewing MP and former Labour Party leader Michael Foot on The Night is Young programme about his new biography, The Politics of Paradise: a Vindication of Byron and Byron’s politics and life. Also covering Foot’s life; earlier career as a journalist; his reputation; whether he should have stepped aside as leader before the 1983 election; and the future of the Labour Party. With musical extracts chosen by Foot. Includes advertisements, trailers by Richard Robbins for Classical Review and by Mike Allen for his upcoming programme, and for IRB Sportsline, news bulletin and weather forecast.

Contributors

Michael Foot; Richard Robbins; Gill Pyrah; Mike Allen

Keywords

Books; Authors; Politics; Labour Party; Poets; Michael Foot; Biographies; Gill Pyrah; The Politics of Paradise; Lord Byron; George Gordon

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