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Conservative religious and moral education policy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Education Secretary Norman St John-Stevas on Conservative proposals to stop extremist groups from infiltrating education by improving religious, moral and civil education. Female interviewer not...
Green pound devaluation (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Agriculture Minister John Silkin on the vote in Parliament on the green pound (exchange rate used by Europe for conversion of agricultural prices to sterling) devaluation which the Government...
Marcus Lipton on retirement (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews Labour MP Marcus Lipton, who is retiring, on the quality of people going into Parliament in recent times, if the role of MPs has changed over the last thirty-three years and what he...
Paul Oestreicher on human rights abuses in South Africa (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
The Reverend Paul Oestreicher of Amnesty International talks about the organisation’s report on political repression and police brutality in South Africa. The South African Embassy does not accept the...
American companies declare commissions in bribery (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Geoffrey Wellburn, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in a bribery trial, on the problems involved in bidding for international contracts. 481 American companies have declared commissions. If British...
Mairead Corrigan on sister’s return to Belfast (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An interview with Mairead Corrigan, who won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. Her sister, Anne Maguire, who lost three children to violence in Northern Ireland in 1976, is now returning from New Zealand along with...
David Ennals on benefits of new state pension scheme (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
David Ennals, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on the benefits of the new state pension scheme. He explains that everyone will retire with two pensions; one will be their basic pension and one will...
Gill Evans on her successful career as a businesswoman (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Businesswoman Gill Evans, who has a senior role in marketing, believes that a woman must do better than a man in order to attain the same position. Her work involves travelling, and she has found that in...
Goodge Street pub gas explosion (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a gas explosion at the Valiant Trooper pub on Goodge Street, London. Station Officer Tony Wilmot(?) of Soho (Fire?) Station was among the first to arrive at the scene. 19 people were taken to...
Bernard Brook-Partridge on film censorship, licensing and control (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Councillor Bernard Brook-Partridge comments on the Greater London Council’s evidence to a parliamentary committee on film censorship, licensing and control - the Committee on Obscenity and Film, chaired by...