LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Brian Hayes programme

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Jingle; Trailer

TX Date

Jan 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:44:31

Description

Business entrepreneur and former member of Parliament, Robert Maxwell is interviewed by Brian Hayes. Maxwell discusses his belief in socialism, his hope of returning to politics, and his business empire. Maxwell also describes how his publishing company acquired the contract to publish a biography of Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Phone-in questions cover individualism, immigration, international newspapers, cultural identity and the Scottish Daily News. News bulletin covers Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey’s budget and taxation. Advertisements include a trailer for LBC.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Robert Maxwell

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; Taxation; Margaret Thatcher; Parliament; Immigration; Cooperatives; Business; Socialism; Jews; Jimmy Carter; Refugees; Publishers; Party politics; Antisemitism; Cultural identity; Politicians; Robert Maxwell; Leonid Brezhnev; Business people; National identity; Nationalism; Entrepreneurs; Newspaper publishing; Co-operation; Pergamon Press

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