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Proposals for Metropolitan Police (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman on his report’s proposals for the force, including greater co-operation between police and the public to counter crime. Male...
Howard League seminar (1983)
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- 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...
Role of sport in policing (1983)
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- Interview
Interview with new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman on the role of sport in forging links between the police and the community and preventing crime, and on his force’s promotion of five...
Pressure to cut prices of North Sea oil (1983)
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- Interview
Interview with Britoil spokesman Ian Clarke stating North Sea Oil can withstand the pressure, caused by the worldwide glut of oil, to cut prices and production levels. Male interviewer not identified.
Standard drama award winners (1983)
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- Interview; News report
Report on the 1983 Standard Drama awards. Includes interviews with Tom Stoppard, who collected an award for his play the Real Thing; Dennis Waterman, actor and star of best musical Windy City; and with its...
Variety Club award winners (1983)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the 1983 Variety Club Showbusiness award winners. Includes interviews with comedy duo Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, Showbusiness Personalities of the Year; veteran actress Irene Handl, special award...
Student Soviet Jewry campaign (1983)
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- Interview
Interview at an exhibition which is to tour campuses across the country as part of the student Soviet Jewry campaign to help Jews who wish to leave the Soviet Union and improve the rights of those remaining....
Thatcher at Conservative trade union rally (1983)
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- 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...
Raison new overseas development minister (1983)
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- Interview
Interview with Timothy Raison on his new job as Overseas Development Minister, the foreign aid programme for developing countries, forthcoming Southern African conference, and question of British aid to...
Tom King new environment secretary (1983)
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- Interview
Interview with Tom King on his new job as Environment Secretary, and his priorities in carrying forward predecessor Michael Heseltine’s initiatives on local authority spending and inner cities. Also on...