James Callaghan on becoming Prime Minister
- Title
- James Callaghan on becoming Prime Minister
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:03:23
- Description
- James Callaghan, who became Prime Minister on 05/04/76 following the resignation of Harold Wilson, says his ambition is to prepare Britain for the 1980s and to bring down unemployment. Cataloguer’s note: Was this (archive) interview re-broadcast on Callaghan’s retirement as leader of the Labour Party in 09/80?
- Contributors
- James Callaghan
- Keywords
- Politics; Labour Party; Harold Wilson; James Callaghan; Political leadership; Prime ministers; Politicians
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LBC/IRN, "James Callaghan on becoming Prime Minister". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0019000167003 (Accessed 30 Apr 2025)