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Margaret Bain on SNP general election defeats (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Scottish National Party MP, Margaret Bain on her defeat in the Dunbartonshire East constituency and general lack of SNP electoral success in Scotland, and on future prospects for the party and for...
Shirley Williams on Labour general election defeat (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Education Secretary, Shirley Williams on the Labour Party’s general election defeat, the country’s first woman Prime Minister, prospects for education under the new Conservative Government, and...
Cosmas Desmond on appointment as new UK Amnesty director (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Former priest, Cosmas Desmond on his appointment as new UK Director of Amnesty International, and his previous house arrest in South Africa following the publication of his book, The Discarded People, which...
Uganda moves to extradite Idi Amin from Libya (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Ugandan Attorney General, Dr George Kanyeihamba confirms his government will be making diplomatic moves to have former head of state Idi Amin extradited from Libya and repatriated to Uganda. Male interviewer...
Quebec separatism and new Canadian Government (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Two unidentified male students in French-speaking Quebec on support among the young for the separation of the province from the rest of Canada, and the likelihood that the new, largely English-speaking...
US death penalty and John Spenkelink (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the scheduled execution of convicted murderer John Spenkelink, the first in Florida and second nationwide, after Gary Gilmore, since the 1976 US Supreme Court ruling allowing individual states to...
Concerns over Queen’s attendance of Zambia Commonwealth meeting (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on concerns over the Queen’s attendance of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Zambia, following the shooting down by surface-to-air missiles of Rhodesian passenger aircraft and Zambian...
Falkland Islands negotiations with Argentina (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Two unidentified male Falkland Islands farmers on negotiations with Argentina over sovereignty and the economic development of the islands, including the fishing and oil industries. Male interviewer not...
Soviet Union tourism with London-Moscow coach service (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Paul Beard reports from the new weekly Anglo-Soviet coach service between London and Moscow for tourists. Includes actuality of the arrival in the Soviet Union, stopover in Minsk and changing of the guard in...
Pope speaks at Jasna Gora (1979)
- Genre
- Music; News report
Dave Loyn reports on Pope John Paul II’s visit, on the second day of his official visit to Poland, to the monastery of Jasna Gora, and his speech in veiled support of Poland’s independence from the...