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  • Rocket replica at Rainhill (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with writer and railway enthusiast Hunter Davies, on the life of engineers and designers of the Rocket locomotive George and Robert Stephenson, during an anniversary re-enactment of the Rainhill...

  • Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Report on the preparations for the enthoronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, including high security. Includes interview with Runcie and he is heard rehearsing. Male reporter not...

  • IBA bans World in Action programme on Hong Kong (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Bruce Page, editor of New Statesman magazine, on the banning by the IBA of a Granada World in Action programme about corruption and poor security in Hong Kong, on the grounds that it breached...

  • Tunbridge Wells sponsored event (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on the route through Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge in Kent which will be undertaken by a group on a sponsored event (poss. a bike ride?). Male speaker and interviewer not identified. No further...

  • Alfred Hitchcock tribute at Westminster Abbey (1980)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Interview with unidentified male and female speakers (poss. including actor Barry Foster; critic Dilys Powell) at a memorial service for film director Alfred Hitchcock in Westminster Cathedral, London....

  • Sentencing in death case (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview (with the father?) following sentencing to imprisonment in the case of the death of Mark ? following him being missing for some time and his body then being found. Including on the effect on his...

  • Labour Party split dismissed (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male Labour Party representative (not identified - poss. Ron Hayward?) who dismisses claims of a split within Labour and the National Executive (NEC) involving Tony Benn. Male interviewer...

  • Gerry Fitt on meeting with Pope (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former SDLP leader Gerry Fitt about a meeting he had with Pope John Paul II and other leading Catholics during the Papal visit to Ireland including the Pope condemning violence and on hopes...

  • Edward Heath on third world debt (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath on third world politics and debt. He proposes a world summit to help find solutions to the problems. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Spencer?).

  • Land reclamation plans (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine, on planned legislation making it easier for central Government to reclaim derelict inner city land (or brown field sites), and on proposed development...