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  • Michael Swann on Annan Report on BBC (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Michael Swann, BBC Chairman, on the Annan Report on the BBC. Criticisms addressed include declining standards, weaker current affairs and news programmes, lack of purpose in some programmes and too much...

  • Annan report on BBC (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. Anthony Smith) on the contents of the Annan Report on the future of the BBC and UK broadcasting, its suggestions for sponsorship and advertising on...

  • Janie Shepherd murder (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Ronald Harvey in which he appeals for further information in the case of the murder of 24-year-old Janie Shepherd after the discovery of her body in...

  • Wage increase tribunal proposed (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative peer Lord Harold Watkinson about the proposed CBI-TUC tribunal to look at annual wage increases as companies struggle to meet the third phase of the Government’s pay policy....

  • Yemeni shootings in London (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Woodley reports on the murder of the former Yemeni Prime Minister al-Qadi Abdulla al-Hajri, his wife Fatimah, and embassy official Abdallah al-Hammami outside the Bayswater Hotel in central London...

  • Germaine Greer on abortion (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interview with writer Germaine Greer on women’s abortion rights. The interview takes place at a demonstration against William Benyon’s bill seeking amendment of the law on abortion. Male reporter not...

  • Devolution Bill (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Ed Boyle reports on a large government defeat over the Devolution Bill including interviews with MPs for and against the bill: Francis Pym; Jim Sillars; Tam Dalyell; Hamish Watt; David Steel, Liberal leader....

  • Devolution Bill (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Eric Heffer MP on his abstention on the vote on the Devolution Bill in which the Government suffered a large defeat, and what happens now. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).

  • TUC on Conservative Party government (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lawrence Daly, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on how the unions would view and interact with a Conservative Party government if elected speaking prior to the vote of no confidence in the current Labour...

  • Joe Gormley on miners wages (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Joe Gormley, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on phase three of the government’s voluntary incomes policy, on why his members’s wages are too low, and the current levels of support for...