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Bafta awards ceremony (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the Bafta awards. Interviews with Michael Caine on Bafta awards and Oscars; Denholm Elliott; Bill Forsyth; John Schlesinger; winner’s speech (with break in recording) by Julie Walters (for...
Robert Taylor on Greenpeace protests in Europe and UK (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Robert Taylor, the co-ordinator of international acid rain protests, is interviewed about Greenpeace protesters’ actions in Europe. He criticises the UK for being the dirty neighbour of Europe, and for...
Derek Hatton on Liverpool budget (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Derek Hatton, leader of Liverpool Council, is interviewed about the city’s budget before mayoral elections in May 1984. He criticises the Conservative Government for limiting Liverpool’s spending, and...
Debate on Liverpool City Council’s budget (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the inter-party debate over Liverpool City Council’s budget after rate-capping imposed by the Conservative Government. The speakers include: John Hamilton, Labour Party, Liberal leader Trevor...
Miners strike - Funeral of David Jones, first miner to die on picket lines (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the funeral of 23 year-old David Jones, the first miner to die on the picket lines in 1984. With comment from Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers; Jack Taylor, leader of...
Mini-cab killing in London (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Pardeep Singh Sangha, an Indian cab driver from Hounslow, being stabbed to death near Heathrow Airport. Detective Chief Superintendent John Pole, leading the investigation, says he is looking at...
New Nissan factory to be built in Sunderland (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop
Series of four interviews on the building of a new Nissan factory in Washington, Sunderland after three sites were considered. Speakers: unidentified male (probably a Nissan executive); unidentified male...
Nicholas Smith on Sussex hostage ordeal (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Solicitor Nicholas Smith, his son Benjamin, and school friend Alastair Crawford, talk about their ordeal after they were held hostage in their Sussex home following the shooting of a policeman. Smith tells...
Guardian accused of threatening national security (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Preston, editor of the Guardian newspaper, speaks of his regrets over the publication of a document sent by Foreign and Commonwealth Office clerical officer Sarah Tisdall, about US cruise missiles...
Guardian editor angry at jailing of Sarah Tisdall (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Preston, editor of the Guardian newspaper, speaks of his shock at civil servant Sarah Tisdall’s six-month jail sentence after she leaked British Government documents to the paper. He also criticises...