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First Heseltine visit to Greenham Common (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Phil Coope(?) reports on the angry reception by women peace camp protesters for newly appointed Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine on his first visit to Greenham Common air base. Includes Heseltine reading...
Row over leaflets for Bermondsey by-election (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the row over prospective Labour Party candidate Peter Tatchell’s leaflets for the Bermondsey by-election which have been printed, against the party’s orders, by a firm controlled by Militant...
Ted Heath on Tory chances in next general election (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on and interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on Conservative Party chances of winning the next general election, possible threat from the SDP-Liberal Alliance, and likelihood of Budget tax...
SDP-Liberal Alliance pre-election rally (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the SDP-Liberal rally to relaunch the Alliance in the media and boost its poll ratings before the next general election. Includes interview with SDP leader Roy Jenkins; Liberal Party leader David...
US offer of Soviet arms talks (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s offer of nuclear weapons talks with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov. Includes interview with UK Foreign Secretary Francis Pym on the offer, and the proposal to ban all...
Attempts to bring Commons to order (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on Speaker George Thomas’ House of Commons order that MPs keep questions brief and reduce the noise level at Prime Minister’s Question Time. Includes speeches by Thomas; Labour MP Andrew Faulds;...
Latest Labour attempt to expel Militant (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the latest attempt by the Labour Party to expel the Militant Tendency, with the NEC bringing charges against 5 members of the Militant newspaper’s editorial board. Includes interviews with Labour...
Bentley hanging anniversary and family’s campaign (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the 30th anniversary of 19-year-old Derek Bentley’s hanging in Wandsworth Prison for the murder of a policeman, and the family’s continuing campaign to get him a posthumous pardon. Includes...
Pioneering US laser operation (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on 8-year-old Julian Thurston, who has had a life-threatening spinal tumour removed in a pioneering laser operation carried out by neurologist Dr Fred Epstein at the New York University Medical...
Prisoner David Martin recaptured (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the recapture at Belsize Park Tube station of 35-year-old escaped prisoner David Martin, after the mistaken shooting by Metropolitan Police officers of Stephen Waldorf. Includes accounts by...