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Parliament debate espionage and unemployment (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on Parliamentary debate after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said there would be no public inquiry into the secret service after the confession of Leonard Henry (Leo) Long that he was a spy for the...
Any more self-confessed traitors? (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Interview
Report on calls for clarification of the number of people found spying for the USSR and security procedures in the intelligence service following the confession of Leo Long and a written answer to Parliament...
Prince Charles speech to IMechE (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Includes excerpts of the speech, in which the Prince talks about the prospects for small...
Bombshell game controversy (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on controversy surrounding the Waddingtons children’s game Bombshell, following the death of Ken Howorth, a British bomb disposal expert, while trying to defuse an IRA bomb in London. Includes...
Reaction to prison governor’s letter (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the reaction to a letter to The Times newspaper (19/11/81) by John McCarthy, Governor of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, in which he described the prison as being like a penal dustbin. Speakers...
Duke of Edinburgh Awards auction (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on a Duke of Edinburgh Awards charity auction at Sotheby’s, during the twenty-fifth year of the scheme. Includes actuality of auction; speech by Prince Philip; interviews with Julian...
Racial Attacks report - Reaction (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reaction to a Government report (Racial Attacks) examining levels of racially motivated violence within the UK. Includes interviews with unidentified male skinhead; Home Office minister Timothy...
Racial Attacks report - Reaction (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the reaction to a Government report (Racial Attacks) examining levels of racially motivated violence within the UK. Speakers include: Home Office minister Timothy Raison; Labour home affairs...
Jobs Express protest launch (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report from Newcastle Central Station on the start of the Jobs Express protest against the high levels of youth unemployment. Includes interviews with unidentified participants; Len Murray, General Secretary...
Historic medical murder cases (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Rodney Bennett examines the historic medical murder cases involving Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen in 1910, Dr Buck Ruxton in 1935, and Nurse Dorothea Waddingham in 1936. The report coincides with the sentencing...