Results
39,247 results found for all records.
General Election - Final campaigning (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the final campaigning by the main parties in the 1983 General Election, with opinion polls showing a clear lead for the Conservatives. Speakers include: Billy Connolly, comedian;...
General Election - International coverage (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on international coverage of the General Election campaign in the UK, including reports by Harold Abrahams following recent elections in Australia; Patrick Watts in the Falkland Islands; Nick Peters...
General Election - Fringe coverage (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the campaigns by the fringe parties in the 1983 UK General Election and their allocation of media and broadcast coverage. Speakers include: Jonathon Porritt, Ecology Party; Gerry Pocock, Communist...
General Election - Denis Healey controversy (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Peter Spencer reports on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour deputy leader Denis Healey suggesting that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is glorying in slaughter following...
General Election - Denis Healey controversy (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour deputy leader Denis Healey suggesting that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is glorying in slaughter over Britain’s military success...
General Election - Neil Kinnock controversy (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour education spokesman Neil Kinnock suggesting that it was a pity that soldiers had had to die in the Falkland Islands to prove Prime...
General Election - likely turnout (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on voting and likely voter turnouts in the 1983 General Election in the different regions of the UK. Various male and female reporters (not identified).
General Election - Victory for Conservatives (1983)
- Genre
- Vox pop; Election coverage
Vox pop with members of the public (who debate heatedly with one another) outside Downing Street following the result of the 1983 General Election with victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the...
General Election - Precis of results (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on significant results in the 1983 General Election including defeats for former Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn in the Bristol East constituency and Labour MP Joan Lestor in Slough; victory for Dr...
General Election - Leaders on results (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Excerpts of interviews with the four main party leaders following the results of the 1983 General Election. Speakers include: Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister (interviewed by Glyn Mathias - not heard - for...