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Borkov on death of Bulgarian defectors (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Philip Borkov(?) of the Bulgarian Embassy in London says that the embassy has offered to help police with their enquiries into the deaths of Georgi Markov and Vladimir Simeonov. Male interviewer not identified.
Sally Carr on financial problems at White Lion Street Free School (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Sally Carr of the White Lion Street Free School in Islington, discusses the school’s financial problems after losing Inner London Education Authority funding. Carr says that money from a public appeal has...
Fookes on overcrowding in prison (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Janet Fookes on overcrowding in Britain’s prisons and the benefits of weekend prisons. Fookes argues that there needs to be a change in the fines system and that anyone who is dangerous...
Pete Wilkinson on Orkney seal cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of Greenpeace UK, Pete Wilkinson on a campaign to stop the culling of seals near the Orkney Islands, which he claims is totally unjustified. Male interviewer not identified.
Pete Wilkinson on cull meeting (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of Greenpeace UK, Pete Wilkinson on a meeting with government ministers on the proposed cull of seals near the Orkney Islands. Wilkinson asks Scottish Labour MP Bruce Millan to explain the reasons...
David McTaggart on plans to stop seal cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Co-founder of Greenpeace, David McTaggart, on board the vessel Rainbow Warrior, discusses plans to stop the Orkney Islands seal cull. McTaggart claims that the organisation has the support of the people of...
Bruce Millan confirms that seal cull will go ahead (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Bruce Millan, Secretary of State for Scotland, says that under no circumstances will physical confrontation take place with Greenpeace protesters attempting to stop the Orkney seal cull. Millan adds that the...
Hunt saboteurs join Greenpeace to fight seal cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
David Watton, Secretary of the Hunt Saboteurs Association, on the organisation’s plans to join Greenpeace in protest against a seal cull near the Orkney Islands. Watton insists that there are no plans to...
Alistair McLeod on stalemate at the cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Alistair McLeod(?) of the organisation Selkie(?), on the stalemate over a seal cull in the Orkney Islands. McLeod says the International Fund for Animal Welfare has offered to pay for the diesel used by...
Adrian Scott report on end of seal cull (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Adrian Scott reports that plans to cull seals in the Orkney Islands have been scrapped, although local hunters will still kill 2000 seal pups. Scott speaks to Jayne(?) Reed(?) of Greenpeace, who is delighted...