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Agreement to secure Riverside Studios’ future (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a plan to secure the financial future of the threatened Riverside Studios Arts Centre following an agreement between the Greater London Council, the Arts Council, and Hammersmith and Fulham...
Jeremy Isaacs on Channel 4 viewing figures (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Executive of Channel 4, Jeremy Isaacs on the television station’s low audience share, and his plans to be responsive to viewer opinion by introducing into the schedule more humour, entertainment and...
George Bush London speech on nuclear weapons (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on US Vice-President George Bush’s address to the Royal Insititute of Foreign Affairs at London’s Guildhall during his West European tour. Includes speech excerpts, with Bush defending the siting...
Jeremy Isaacs defends Channel 4 programmes (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Jeremy Isaacs, Chief Executive of Channel 4, defends the television station’s programmes in the face of press criticism. He also stresses the importance of public service broadcasting holding its own...
Transglobe expedition - Charity film premiere (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified (North American or Canadian) male (cameraman?) at the charity premiere of the film, To the Ends of the Earth, which charts Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s 1979-1982 Transglobe expedition...
BUAV reaction to ARM letter bombs (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Manzoni of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection denounces the recent letter bombs claimed to have been sent by the Animal Rights Militia, and expresses doubts over the existence of...
Government NHS proposals for private contractors in hospitals (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
David Williams, General Secretary of the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE), following Social Services Minister Norman Fowler’s House of Commons statement on Government proposals for...
Cut in local authority grant to Voluntary Action Westminster (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male spokesman for Voluntary Action Westminster on the cutting of its grant by the local authority for being too successful, and the consequences for its youth training and other projects....
Greenham Common hearing - Jailing of women protesters (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the court hearing and jailing of five Greenham Common women peace camp protesters after they failed to agree to being bound over for trespass on the top security air base and breach of the peace....
CND loses High Court action against CPS (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the loss by CND of its High Court action for breach of copyright against the Coalition for Peace through Security over CPS use of the CND peace symbol on its pamphlets, and the judge’s ruling...