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Times newspaper dispute ends (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the provisional settlement in The Times and Sunday Times newspaper dispute of machine minders and printers and how the parties reached a settlement. Speaking are: negotiator, TUC leader Len Murray;...
Times dispute settlement (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the provisional settlement in The Times and Sunday Times newspaper dispute concerning machine minders at the Sunday Times, members of the NGA union, over pay differentials and manning levels....
First phase of Scarman riots inquiry ends (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report back on the first phase of the Scarman inquiry into the Brixton race riots, the taking of evidence. Looks at the evidence taken and issues including policing during the riots, police-community...
First phase of Scarman riots inquiry ends (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on riots following end of the Scarman inquiry first phase into the Brixton race riots and on policing issues it looked at and next stage of the inquiry. Includes comment from GLC leader Ken...
Helicopter crash off Norfolk kills 13 (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on a Wessex helicopter crash in the North Sea, off the Norfolk coast, which killed all thirteen people on board. Alan Bristow, Chairman of owners Bristow Helicopters, based at Redhill Aerodrome,...
Concorde to carry parcels for Federal Express (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the plan of Roy Watts, Deputy Chairman of British Airways, to turn two Concorde aircraft into freighters and lease them to Federal Express. Includes interview with Watts. Male reporter not...
Visiting East Berlin (1981)
- Genre
- News report
20th Anniversary report on the Berlin Wall. Reporter relates his experiences of two visits to East Berlin since the Wall was raised to divide the city. Male reporter not identified (poss. Rodney Bennett).
Glorious Twelfth (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the start of the grouse-shooting season, the so-called Glorious Twelfth. Everhard(?) Gruypner(?), of the Hilton Hotel in London, on obtaining the first grouse of the year; Chef Oswald Mair...
Hunt for Broadmoor Hospital escapee Alan Reeve (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the hunt for Broadmoor Hospital escapee Alan Reeve. Superintendent Brian Adams, in charge of the search, talks about a car hired by Reeve’s girlfriend Patricia Ford. Male reporter not identified...
PC Nobbs on beat around Southall following riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
PC John Nobbs on his beat around Southall after the riots, started when the Hamborough Tavern burned down after fights between skinheads and Asian youths. With comment from unnamed white female shopkeeper...