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Michael Foot on Labour and SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Spencer interviews Labour leader Michael Foot about the current split in the party, and the defection of MPs to the newly-formed Social Democratic Party (SDP).
New Cross fire - Community reaction (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference; Interview
Press conference in the aftermath of a fire at a party in New Cross, London in which thirteen young black people died (18/01/81). Speakers include: local community leader Darcus Howe; youth leader Sybil...
TV Eye - The Atlanta killings (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; News report; Interview; Vox pop
Recording of ITV (Thames Television) TV Eye current affairs programme broadcast on 19/03/81. Entitled, The Atlanta Killings, and presented by Denis Tuohy, the programme examines the search for bodies in...
News at Ten bulletin (1981)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech
ITN News At Ten bulletin for 19/03/81. Includes reports on the Yorkshire and Tyne-Tees television franchises, US-Soviet relations, religion, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, and the release of a book...
Ian Paisley suspended from House of Commons (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Allen reports on events in the House of Commons leading to the suspension of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader The Reverend Ian Paisley being asked to leave the chamber. Includes actuality of...
Ian Paisley on suspension from House of Commons (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press interview with Democratic Unionist (DUP) MP, Reverend Ian Paisley, who discusses his ejection and suspension from the House of Commons for allegations made against Secretary of State for Northern...
Tony Gifford on Pauline McLaughlin release (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Lord Tony Gifford on the case of Pauline McLaughlin, a republican prisoner in Armagh Prison, following her release on medical and humanitarian grounds. Male interviewer not identified.
Hunger strikes at Maze Prison (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the hunger strikes undertaken by seven inmates of Maze Prison in Belfast to protest against the treatment of political prisoners in Northern Ireland. Speakers include: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey...
Humphrey Atkins on Northern Ireland hunger strikers (1981)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Humphrey Atkins makes a statement in the House of Commons about the political demands of the Northern Ireland hunger strikers. Other speakers include: Robert Dudley...
Bernadette McAliskey shot (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the shooting and wounding of former Belfast MP, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband Michael McAliskey by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) (16/01/81). Eamonn Mallie looks back at her...