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Old Vic refurbishment (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by actor Michael Hordern from the stage of the Old Vic Theatre, which has been closed for refurbishment. Recounting stories of the original theatre company manager Lilian Baylis. Audio level low.
Howard League seminar (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the first of a series of seminars at King’s College, Cambridge organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform to examine the future of the criminal justice system in Britain. Includes speeches...
Thatcher at Conservative trade union rally (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech at a Conservative trade unionist rally in Bristol. Includes extracts, with Thatcher on her Government’s determination to stick to its economic policy...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
Prisoner David Martin recapture (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the court appearance of recaptured prisoner David Martin, his going on hunger strike and charges he faces. Includes statement by Martin’s solicitor Anthony Bloch. Follows mistaken shooting of...
Future of railways (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Transport Secretary David Howell Commons statement on the Transport Committee reports under Sir David Serpell and Alfred Goldstein into the financial prospects and future options for the railways, which rule...