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37 results found for '"Strangeways"' in Keywords.
Heartbreak hotel (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music
Heartbreak Hotel: a Radio Hallam documentary about Strangeways Prison in Manchester, written and presented by Elaine Knebworth(?). Includes a comedy song about Strangeways (male singer not identified)....
Prison conditions comments (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Governor of Strangeways Prison, Norman Brown, speaking out about the conditions in British prisons. Female reporter not identified.
British prison crisis (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the crisis in British prisons. Prison Officer’s Association District Secretary at Strangeways Prison, Peter Hancocks(?) and Prison Warder Brian Baldwin, comment on conditions at the prison and...
Strangeways prison problems (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interviews with Colin Steel, Chairman of Prison Officers Association, about problems at Strangeways Prison in Manchester (male interviewer not identified); and with Government Home Office minister, Lord...
Strangeways Prison siege - negotiator interviewed (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
As the Strangeways Prison siege enters its tenth day, Ian Lockwood, one of the negotiators, issues a statement. He claims progress has been maintained in a number of areas of the prison, but that inmates...
Lord Justice Woolf launches Strangeways riot inquiry (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the official inquiry into the Strangeways Prison riot, and the subsequent disturbances in other prisons. Lord Justice (Harry) Woolf says that although Strangeways will be his focus, he has not come...
Funeral of Strangeways Prison warder who died during riot (1990)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech; Tribute
Report on the funeral of Strangeways Prison warder, Walter (Wally) Scott, who died of a heart attack after the prison riot began. More than 150 people attended the service at a church near Bury, including...
Strangeways Prison siege enters day 13 (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on day thirteen of the Strangeways Prison siege, the prison has been taken over by the prisoners with no clear sign of an end in sight. Derek Jones, a relative of a 17 year-old man on remand at the...
Strangeways governor on steps taken during riot (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Strangeways governor Brendan O’Friel comments on the ongoing inquiry into the Strangeways Prison riot, hints at using force to end the ongoing siege, and police and prison staff assistance. Andy Stenton...
Strangeways siege comes to an end (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report
News bulletin, presented by Julie Benson. The Strangeways Prison siege has finally ended. The last five inmates have given themselves up, and the aftermath of the siege is described and an overview of events...