LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher in Poland

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

4 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:06:35

Description

Report (from Channel 4 television) on visit of UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to Gdansk in Poland, where she greeted crowds of supporters and met leaders of the Solidarity trade union, including Lech Walesa. Reports on meeting with General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish president. Includes vox pop; statement by Thatcher. The newsreader is Peter Sissons; male reporter is Nik Gowing.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Channel 4; Peter Sissons; Nik Gowing

Keywords

Trade unions; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Prime ministers; State visits; Poland; Meetings; Solidarity (trade union); Gdansk

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