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P & O dispute - Sealink spokesman hits out (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with James Sherwood, Sealink ferry company, on the industrial dispute involving P & O and the National Union of Seamen. He criticises Sir Geoffrey Stirling of P & O for his handling of the...
P & O dispute - NUS meeting (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Ben Brown reports on a conference of the National Union of Seamen in Hull, where the leadership survived calls for their resignation following the decision to call off secondary picketing in the dispute...
Neil Kinnock visits homeless shelter (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a visit by Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock to the Bayswater Family Centre for the homeless in west London (16/05/88). Includes a conversation with a mother living in bed and breakfast...
Ziegfeld musical faces problems (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Producer Harold Fielding talks about his musical production Ziegfeld based on the life of American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Despite beginning its run at the London Palladium Fielding is making revisions...
Steve Jones show (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Actress and singer Anita Harris speaks to Steve Jones about her career and working life including superstitious practices and mascots, playing in Cats and on television programme The Saturday Crowd, and...
Showbiz hands mark Theatre Museum (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Sue Jameson speaks to David Jason and Jane Asher who are just two of the celebrities marking the walls of the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden with their handprints in paint. She also catches up with the...
Engineers and electricians unions to merge (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Leader of the AEU Bill Jordan on the planned merger of the electricians’ union, the EEPTU, and his engineers’ union. States neither union wants to leave the TUC or set up a rival congress despite EEPTU...
Call for anonymity and protection for armed police (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of the Police Federation Leslie Curtis says police officers using firearms require protection and anonymity. Male interviewer not identified.
Michael Manley on West Indies cricket (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley has written the book A History of West Indies Cricket. He defends the teams’ use of fast bowling exploited by manager Clive Lloyd and implemented by captain...
Prince Philip on pollution (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has used a Tidy Britain conference to criticise Britain’s attitude to pollution and encourage everyone to play their part in preventing pollution. Report by Dickie Arbiter...