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Nightline (1986)
- Genre
- Phone-in; Talk show; Trailer
Part of Nightline talk show. Members of the public phone in on subjects including death, spiritualism and Halloween; the preservation of old buildings and the removal of a church to America. Includes weather...
Eddie Shah on Fleet Street and new technology (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Businessman, Eddie Shah on the printworkers’ dispute at News International and whether and how it might impact on his Today newspaper. Of Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping plant, he says that maybe a fortress is...
Channel crossing bidders (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report as the go-ahead is to be announced for a fixed Channel crossing; on the debate over whether it should include rail and road crossings, and the contending bidders to build it. Speakers include rival...
Channel fixed-link crossing to go ahead (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, speaking at Lille in northern France, announces the go-ahead for a fixed-link Channel crossing.
Channel tunnel bidder on failure (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified (North American) male speaker (poss. James Sherwood, chairman of Sea Containers) says his company lost the bid to build a fixed-link Channel crossing because they did not allow for enough French...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - AA on winning bid (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
David Filsell of the Automobile Association is sceptical about the winning fixed-link Channel crossing bidder Channel Tunnel Group’s drive-on, drive-off shuttle trains, and disappointed with the decision...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - CPRE on environmental impact (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Robin Grove-White, Director of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, on the effects of Channel Tunnel construction, including the environmental impact. Follows the announcement that a fixed-link...
Channel Tunnel bid winner looks to future (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Gordon, MD of the Channel Tunnel Group which has won the bid to construct a fixed-link Channel crossing with a proposal for a rail-only service, says that one day a road tunnel may be built alongside...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Concern at Dover harbour (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Following the announcement that a Channel tunnel will be constructed by winning bidder Channel Tunnel Group, Dover Harbour Board’s MD, Jonathan Sloggett, expresses concern about possible job losses at the...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Kent MP opposed to plan (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Local Conservative MP, Jonathan Aitken says the French have steamrollered Britain into a deal that is all good for them and all bad for Britain, following the announcement that a Channel tunnel will be...