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  • Jack Jones on pensions increase (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jack Jones, former General Secretary of the General Workers Union, on the forthcoming union conference which aims to put pressure on the Government to increase pensions. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Robin Young on GLC reluctance to list Alexandra Palace (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Robin Young (possibly of Haringey Borough Council) on the Greater London Council’s reluctance to list Alexandra Palace. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Bryan Cassidy on explicit posters (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bryan Cassidy (of the Greater London Council?) on sexually explicit posters put up in the Whitehall district of London by the Paul Raymond Organisation. Cassidy has requested that the organisation take the...

  • Paul Raymond on the threat of legal action (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Raymond on the Greater London Council’s threat of legal action if the Paul Raymond Organisation does not comply with its request for posters advertising a Whitehall strip club to be taken down. The...

  • William Rodgers on abandonment of Archway inquiry (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    William (Bill) Rodgers, Secretary of State for Transport, on his reasons for the abandonment of the Archway motorway inquiry due to the activities of pressure groups opposed to the new bypass. Male...

  • George Stern on Archway inquiry abandonment (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    George Stern, a barrister and member of the Archway Bypass protest campaign, on the abandonment of a public inquiry into a new Archway bypass. Includes his views on the Department for Transport, whether the...

  • Hugh Rossi on abandoned Archway inquiry (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Hugh Rossi, Conservative MP for Hornsey, on the abandonment of the Archway bypass inquiry. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Robin Knox-Johnston on Round the World yacht race (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Robin Knox-Johnston is interviewed following his return from the Round the World yacht race. He answers questions on the overtaking of competitor Eric Camberley and the effect of the mast breaking in the...

  • John Newell on Round the World yacht race (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Newell, a crewman aboard Robin Knox-Johnston’s yacht, is interviewed following the return of the yacht from the Round the World race. He talks about returning home, and passing competitor Eric...

  • Amoco Cadiz oil spill (1978)

    Genre
    News report

    Steve Harvey reports from a helicopter on the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker disaster off the French coast. He describes the aerial view of the tanker, including the oil spillage surrounding it; he also notes the...