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Britain’s link with South Africa (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of Stop All Racist Tours, Peter Hain, warns the UK government that Britain may be ejected from the 1980 Moscow Olympics if it doesn’t stop playing sport with apartheid South Africa.
Sunday Times dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
The Sunday Times labour correspondent talks on the issues surrounding The Times newpaper, and the union talks with the owners of the paper, and says there will be an agreemement ahead.
The Times crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press conference with Lord Thomson (Kenneth Thomson) who claims the future of The Times newspaper is promising and fruitful followed by interview with NUJ union spokesman Jake Ecclestone(?) who is dismayed,...
Erin Pizzey contempt (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Dee Welles on her campaign to pay the fine of Erin Pizzey, who was found guilty of being in contempt of court and fined 1000 pounds for helping a victim of domestic violence flee to Ireland. Dee aims to...
Smoking (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Uma Ram Nath of the World Health Organisation discusses smoking tobacco, and the dangers that it brings, also the economic impact of a reduction in the number of smokers.
Yorkshire Ripper tape (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr John Wells, lecturer in phonetics at University College London, on a tape sent to West Yorkshire Police during the Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation. Female reporter not identified....
Lecturer on Ripper’s voice (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male language lecturer (not identified) about the dialect in a tape sent to West Yorkshire Police during the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper murders. (The tape was later revealed to...
Cosmas Desmond on Helsinki monitors trial (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Amnesty International Director, Cosmas Desmond on the fate of the Helsinki human rights monitors on trial in the USSR.
Yorkshire Ripper tape (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Tim Hemingway and a colleague voice their opinions on a tape sent to West Yorkshire Police during the Yorkshire Ripper murder inquiry, and deduce it is a man in his 30s, probably from the North East. (The...
Spitalfields housing (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on Spitalfields in London being classified a deprived area, and the problems faced by the residents, which include the lack of housing, that equals lack of support for local schools, and what can...