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Peter Shore on council housing (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Secretary of State for the Environment, Peter Shore on government plans to prevent the public from buying council homes. Shore argues that people who can afford to buy a house should do so from the private...
Ted Benton on travelling entire tube network (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
London Transport employee Ted Benton(?) on travelling the entire London Underground network in a single day to raise money for a kidney machine. Unidentified female traveller adds that the tube system is...
Sidney Shore on psychiatric patient release (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Sidney Shore(?), administrator for the Essex Health Authority(?), says psychiatrists were responsible for the release of a psychiatric hospital patient who went on to kill again. Conservative MP for...
Roy Mason on allegations in Bennett Report (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Roy Mason on planned changes to the Police service in Northern Ireland following an investigation into allegations of police wrongdoing, the results of which have...
David James on future of Anthony Nolan (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr David James, head of Westminster Children’s Hospital Blood Transfusion Unit, on the future of 7 year-old Anthony Nolan, who needs a bone marrow transplant, and on testing a new method of treatment....
Stanley Clinton Davis on preparing for oil spills (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Stanley Clinton Davis on the need to prepare for future oil spills, and World Maritime Day, which is sponsored by the United Nations. Davis talks about international cooperation with regard to...
June Taylor on leaving the police force (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Woman Police Officer June Taylor on her decision to leave the police force in order to marry a firefighter. She hopes to set up a guest house. Interviewer is Rodney Bennett.
Governor on prisoner protests at Walton (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
The Governor of Walton Prison, William Driscoll, on action taken by prisoners in reaction to prison officers’ strikes. He says eleven prisoners have barricaded themselves into a cell. He will shortly have...
Ian Paisley on Bennett Report and police violence (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
The Reverend Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), on allegations by Dr Robert Irwin of police violence in Northern Ireland. Paisley says Irwin claims that a former SAS man raped the...
Erin Pizzey on divorce settlement (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Author and women’s rights campaigner Erin Pizzey on her divorce from her husband, Jack. She says her ex-husband is happy with the settlement and that she is surprised by the press reaction. Male...