LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Police 150

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Music; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:42:12

Description

Dickie Arbiter presents a special programme investigating the history, changes and current roles of the Metropolitan Police as they celebrate their 150th anniversary, including possibility of arming police in the future. Speaks to: PC Bill Leighton(?), mounted branch; Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Worth, CID; head of the traffic department, Commander Brian Fairbairn; Superintendent Jan Jeeta(?); Hendon Police Training School Commander, Ken Hanham(?); PC Paul Harrison at Heathrow Airport; Chief Superintendent Peter Jackson, head of the police driving school at Hendon; Chief Superintendent Gordon Newton(?), head of the Complaints Investigation Bureaux; Deputy Assistant Commissioner Colin Hewitt(?); Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens. Includes excerpts from the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. Produced and written by Dickie Arbiter, studio production by Ray Gannon(?). Breaks in recording.

Contributors

Brian Fairbairn; Dickie Arbiter; Peter Jackson; Brian Worth; Peter Neivens; Bill Leighton(?); Jan Jeeta(?); Ken Hanham(?); Paul Harrison; Gordon Newton(?); Colin Hewitt(?); Ray Gannon(?)

Keywords

Motor vehicles; Traffic; Airports; Heathrow Airport; Fraud; Crime; Future society; Terrorism; Police; Cars; Women; Marriage; Crime prevention; Burglary; Police personnel; History; Horses; Computers; Security; Policemen; Guns; Gender roles; Gender stereotypes; Firearms; Complaints (public services); Robbery; Road accidents; Criminal investigation; Training; Suffrage; Social change; Anniversariess; Henry Fielding; Bow Street Runners; Hendon Police Training School

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