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Customs officers object to waiving rules (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mike Perkins from the Society of Civil and Public Servants on customs officers’ objecting to waiving regulations to clear work backlogs. Male interviewer not identified.
Health service disputes (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a trade union spokesman (Albert Spanswick of COHSE?) on their decision to return to work and NUPE’s decision to reject the Government’s pay offer in the health service dispute and ongoing...
Amoco Cadiz disaster causes (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Gerald Cooper, Liberia’s commissioner for maritime affairs, on the causes of the grounding of the supertanker Amoco Cadiz off Brittany in 03/78, following a report into the world’s worst...
Dismissal at BBC causes industrial dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Tony Hearn, Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS), on industrial action at the BBC following the dismissal of a worker named John Ryan over a disciplinary matter (he was alleged to have...
GLC Homesteading scheme (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Greater London Council (GLC) leader, Horace Cutler, on the reaction of homeless people turned away from a housing queue following the allocation of nine properties in the GLC’s Homesteading...
New Millwall stadium planned (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a spokesman (not identified - poss. chairman Len Eppel) for Millwall Football Club in South London about building a new community sports facility and new stadium in the area, problems getting...
German spies seduce secretaries for information (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sunday Telegraph journalist Ronald Payne, about recent cases of East German spies seducing West German secretaries to try and extract classified information. The report follows the defection...
Torture allegations in Northern Ireland (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Greenwood reports on a row over allegations of torture in Northern Ireland by the UK security forces. The row follows an ITV Weekend World programme where Belfast police surgeon Dr Robert Irwin alleged...
Torture allegations in Northrn Ireland (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the ITV Weekend World programme with Belfast police surgeon Dr Robert Irwin, alleging Northern Ireland terrorist suspects have been subject to brutality and torture by the UK security forces....
Michelle Beckley home after transplant (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the mother of bone marrow transplant patient, 11-year-old Michelle Beckley, following her return home after surgery. Also includes interview with Michelle. Male interviewer not identified....