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  • British mercenaries in Angola (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Foreign Secretary David Owen on the problem of British mercenaries being recruited in Angola to fight the government there. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Nuclear power decisions (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Energy Secretary Tony Benn on the decisions to be taken on nuclear power stations and not rushing into allocating the large amounts of public money involved. Male interviewer not identified

  • Brian Hayes show - Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien on Northern Ireland (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Brian Hayes interviews Irish politician and writer Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien on the situation in Northern Ireland and improvements seen.

  • Power of trade unions (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative MP James Prior (Jim Prior) on the increasing power of trade unions and the Conservative Party policy on union power and legislation. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Conservative religious and moral education policy (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Shadow Education Secretary Norman St John-Stevas on Conservative proposals to stop extremist groups from infiltrating education by improving religious, moral and civil education. Female interviewer not...

  • Green pound devaluation (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Agriculture Minister John Silkin on the vote in Parliament on the green pound (exchange rate used by Europe for conversion of agricultural prices to sterling) devaluation which the Government...

  • Marcus Lipton on retirement (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bob Holness interviews Labour MP Marcus Lipton, who is retiring, on the quality of people going into Parliament in recent times, if the role of MPs has changed over the last thirty-three years and what he...

  • Paul Oestreicher on human rights abuses in South Africa (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    The Reverend Paul Oestreicher of Amnesty International talks about the organisation’s report on political repression and police brutality in South Africa. The South African Embassy does not accept the...

  • American companies declare commissions in bribery (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Geoffrey Wellburn, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in a bribery trial, on the problems involved in bidding for international contracts. 481 American companies have declared commissions. If British...

  • Mairead Corrigan on sister’s return to Belfast (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    An interview with Mairead Corrigan, who won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. Her sister, Anne Maguire, who lost three children to violence in Northern Ireland in 1976, is now returning from New Zealand along with...