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Harry Kirkpatrick’s mother on kidnappings (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Eamonn Mallie interviews Eileen Hill, mother of convicted terrorist and police informer Harry Kirkpatrick, after she met with him in Crumlin Road prison and pleaded with him to retract his evidence against...
Sinn Fein visit to London - Conservative view (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP, Nicholas Fairbairn on the proposed meeting of Labour backbenchers with Sinn Fein at Westminster. Female interviewer not identified.
INLA releases Kirkpatrick relatives (1983)
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- Interview
Eamonn Mallie interviews family friend, Margaret Healey(?), following the release by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) of the relatives of convicted Northern Ireland terrorist and police informer...
Durham Miners’ Gala overshadowed by cutbacks (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Durham Miners’ Gala, which has been overshadowed by news of cutbacks in the coal industry. Labour leader Neil Kinnock attacks National Coal Board chairman Ian MacGregor on his policies for...
Financial Times strike comes to an end (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the end of the Financial Times strike after nine weeks and a ten million-pound loss. Machine minders have negotiated a wage increase. FT chairman Alan Hare says the intervention of the Trades Union...
Len Murray on ten years at head of TUC (1983)
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- Interview
Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, says he has spent ten interesting years leading the TUC, during which time he has noticed an increase in membership and a change in the...
Ken Gill calls for more aerospace funding (1983)
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- Interview
Ken Gill, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, wants the Government to create a new plan for the aerospace industry, because it is losing out to the United States and Europe. He...
Red Steph gives her side of story at BL’s Cowley plant (1983)
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- News report; Press conference
Report on the so-called political extremists at British Leyland’s Cowley plant. Stephanie Grant (dubbed Red Steph) presents her side of the story about the red moles. She admits she lied about her...
Evidence of red moles at BL’s Cowley plant (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the dismissal of 13 British Leyland workers from British Leyland’s Cowley plant, and the court hearings that resulted. An anonymous male - described as an informed source - reads out the leaflet...
Grenville Hawley reacts to red moles at BL’s Cowley plant (1983)
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- Interview
Grenville Hawley, Transport and General Workers Union, says there was a review of workers being recruited by British Leyland and that was how discrepancies were uncovered. He says there is no evidence of...