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Labour conference - closing debates (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the main issues debated at the end of the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool with discussion focusing on changes to the party constitution and the method of choosing future...
Hercules the bear receives cartoon award (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the presentation of the Golden Joker of the Year award to Hercules the bear, by the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain (CCGB). Police were reluctant to allow the grizzly star to leave his coach...
Lord Kagan fraud case (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report looking back at the case of industrialist Lord Joseph Kagan at Leeds Crown Court on fraud and theft charges and at his life and career. Includes archive interview with Lord Kagan. Female and male...
Child gender test devised (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the invention of a new simple saliva test, devised by a Swiss company, All Marketing Ltd, which will enable parents to determine the gender of their child in advance of its birth and on the ethical...
J B Priestley train naming ceremony (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report from Euston Station in London on the naming of a railway locomotive after novelist and playwright J B Priestley. Speaking are: Jim O’Brien, British Rail London-Midlands Regional Manager; J B...
Prince of Wales-Diana Spencer relationship (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Deeley reports on press speculation regarding the relationship between Lady Diana Spencer and Prince of Wales, Prince Charles. Includes interviews with Harper’s and Queen columnist Anne(?) Foxall(?);...
Speculation over who shot J R (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on bookmakers’ speculation over the identity of the character in American soap opera Dallas who shot the lead character, J R Ewing, played by actor Larry Hagman. And on security for the revealing...
Press Council hearing into Lady Di coverage (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on a Press Council hearing examining alleged newspaper intrusion into the life of Lady Diana Spencer following her rumoured engagement with Prince of Wales, Prince Charles. Includes interviews with...
Kimberley Santos named new Miss World (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the reaction of Miss Guam, Kimberley Santos, to being named as the new 1980 Miss World, after the resignation of Miss Germany, Gabriella Brum. Includes press conference with Kimberley Santos. Male...
Queen visits Brussels to anti-British protests (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on anti-British demonstrations during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Brussels, as a protest against the treatment of republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Includes...