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Conservative MP to live on dole for a week (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on Piers Merchant MP and his family living on the dole (social security payments) and in a council house for a week to prove that the dole provides an adequate income. Includes interview with...
Jarrow unemployment march (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop
Tony Benn, supporting those on a march against unemployment, says he is hopeful of an outcome, despite media pessimism that the march will not change anything. Followed by vox pop with marchers. Male...
Richard Branson on Virgin share flotation (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop
Richard Branson says he is pleased with the response to an invitation for Virgin share price tenders. The price will be announced in a few days. Members of the public share their views (generally positive)...
John Baksh gets life (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report after Dr John Baksh was sentenced to life for attempted murder of his wife Dr Madhu Baksh for the life insurance money. She was drugged with morphine and had her throat cut. She describes what...
SOGAT reject pay offer at News International (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT)'s vote to reject Rupert Murdoch’s pay offer to printers at News International. Includes interviews with Brenda Dean, leader of SOGAT; Tony...
Smiths Dock closure (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Report on a mass rally in Middlesbrough, following the announcement of the closure of the Smiths Dock on Teesside (15/05/86), and union calls for a national dock strike. Includes vox pop with workers at the...
News International dispute - Final offer (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on a final offer made to workers at News International in an effort to end the printers’ dispute at Wapping, London. Includes interviews with Rupert Murdoch, newspaper owner; Brenda Dean, Society of...
News International dispute - Response to employer’s offer (1986)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Vox pop featuring the reactions of printers at News International to the company’s offer, made in an attempt to end the industrial dispute at Wapping, London, and their opinions of Rupert Murdoch. Reporter...
News International dispute - Response to employer’s offer (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report and vox pop featuring the reaction of sacked workers at News International to the company’s offer, made in an attempt to end the printers’ dispute at Wapping, London. Includes interview with Tony...
Chunnel vision (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Chunnel Vision, a documentary on the Channel Tunnel. On history and background and implications to Channel Tunnel project between Britain and France with pro and anti views expressed via speeches,...