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Tadworth Hospital closure (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on health minister Kenneth Clarke’s visit to Tadworth Court Children’s Hospital in Surrey (05/01/83). The Government is considering closing the premises as a cost-cutting measure. The speakers...
London’s artesian wells (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rosemary Weinstein of the Museum of London talks about the sinking of London’s original artesian wells and the importance of preserving them. General Manager of the Savoy Laundry, Ron Davidson(?) answers...
Greenham Common arrests (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Women chant and sing in protest outside Newbury Magistrate’s court in support of the forty-four Greenham Common protesters who were arrested on New Year’s Day. An unidentified female protester says...
Ripper trial - Media coverage (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Journalists have been found guilty of harassing Sonia Sutcliffe, the wife of Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. To the director of the Press Council, Kenneth Morgan, it is clear that the coverage of the case...
Rayfield on Parkhurst siege (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Parkhurst Prison Governor Alan Rayfield holds a press conference about the siege in which his deputy, Gerry Schofield, was held hostage and released unharmed. Male reporter not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).
Smoking in public places (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the rights and wrongs of smoking in public places. Includes an interview with Bob Patten, owner of the Chicago Rib Shack restaurant in Knightsbridge, who decided to segregate his smoking and...
General election - Margaret Thatcher on date (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report
Political editor Peter Allen speaks to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who has announced the date of the next general election. She says she is cautiously optimistic about the result. Broadcast forms part...
General election - help for black businesses discriminating? (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Up to 10,000 pounds will be available to black people setting up new businesses, and those already operating one can get 6,000 pounds for every new job they create, as part of a new scheme introduced by the...
General election - Thatcher on the health service (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Labour leader Michael Foot attacks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over NHS prescription charges; Thatcher responds. David Steel of the SDP-Liberal Alliance says that if the unions are too close to the...
General election - Parliamentary debate (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Richard Dallyn reports on a debate between Labour Party leader Michael Foot and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Parliament. Foot criticises Thatcher about levels of inflation and unemployment, and over...