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Michael Heseltine anti-CND and unilateral nuclear disarmament speech (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s speech against CND and unilateral nuclear disarmament, addressed to the South East Area of the Women’s Conservative Association. Includes extracts of the...
Synod debate on Church of England nuclear weapons report (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the General Synod debate on the Church of England report, The Church and the Bomb, including the Synod’s rejection of the working party’s unilateral disarmament findings and the alternative...
Agreement to secure Riverside Studios’ future (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a plan to secure the financial future of the threatened Riverside Studios Arts Centre following an agreement between the Greater London Council, the Arts Council, and Hammersmith and Fulham...
George Bush London speech on nuclear weapons (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on US Vice-President George Bush’s address to the Royal Insititute of Foreign Affairs at London’s Guildhall during his West European tour. Includes speech excerpts, with Bush defending the siting...
Lord Denning retirement retrospective (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Retrospective on the controversial judge Lord Denning following his retirement as Master of the Rolls. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).
DHSS investigate Botley Park Hospital (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the launch of a Department of Health and Social Security investigation into Botley Park Hospital for the mentally disabled and associated Murray House Hostel in Chertsey, Surrey, after extracts...
Greenham Common hearing - Jailing of women protesters (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the court hearing and jailing of five Greenham Common women peace camp protesters after they failed to agree to being bound over for trespass on the top security air base and breach of the peace....
CND loses High Court action against CPS (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the loss by CND of its High Court action for breach of copyright against the Coalition for Peace through Security over CPS use of the CND peace symbol on its pamphlets, and the judge’s ruling...
Algarve holiday deaths - Beverley Cooper inquest verdict (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the British inquest verdict on 22 year-old Beverley Cooper, one of a number of British holidaymakers who died in the Algarve, Portugal last year, which confirms she died from carbon monoxide...
Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on the overcrowded conditions at 180 year-old Brixton remand prison in south London, where two or three prisoners, including convicted criminals, are now having to share cells. Includes actuality of...