Decision makers
- Title
- Decision makers
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Documentary
- TX Date
- 16 May 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:20:02
- Description
- Decision Makers, presented by Richard Bestic, looks at the financial impact on 3rd and 4th Division football clubs of improved safety standards in the wake of the Bradford City fire (11 May 1985), when over 50 people died in the Valley Parade football stadium. Includes excerpt from live coverage of the Bradford disaster by Pennine Radio’s Tony Delahunty, and contributions from Home Secretary, Leon Brittan; Football Trust Chairman Lord Aberdare (Morys Bruce); Bob Graham, leading executive of the Chief and Assistant Fire Officers’ Association; Bury Football Club Chairman Terry Robinson; Labour MP and Chairman of Stockport County Football Club, Peter Snape. Technical producers: Colin Clements and Dave Dawson; additional research: Martine Dennis.
- Contributors
- Dave Dawson; Colin Clements; Richard Bestic; Leon Brittan; Tony Delahunty; Bob Graham; Terry Robinson; Peter Snape; Martine Dennis; Pennine Radio; Morys Bruce
- Keywords
- Deaths; Economics; Fires; Association football; Finance; Football grounds; Football stadiums; Fire safety; Bury Football Club; Sports stadium disasters; Safety measures
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LBC/IRN, "Decision makers". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0071600386001 (Accessed 24 Apr 2025)