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Age Concern view on public spending cuts (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr David Hobman, director of Age Concern, on the announcement of public spending cuts by the Conservative Government and on the disadvantages of relying on volunteers to sustain social...
Planned Meccano closure (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about a protest against the planned closure of the Meccano toy factory in Liverpool. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified. Broadcast on Radio City. In 2 parts.
UK budget demands at EEC Dublin summit (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Foreign Secretary Peter Shore, responding to the rejection by EEC leaders of budget demands made by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Dublin summit. Male interviewer not...
Local Government Bill proposals (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on proposals announced in the Conservative Government’s Local Government Bill. Includes interview with Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine. Male reporter not identified (poss. John Perkins?).
Colleague on Sally Shepherd murder (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified Scottish female member of staff at the Old Vic Theatre in London about the rape and murder of her colleague, restaurant manager Sally Shepherd, in Peckham on 30/11/79. Female...
Breathalyzer law objections (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the objections of Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell to the alcohol breathalyzer law in the UK. Includes interview with Transport Secretary Norman Fowler responding to the objections and on efforts to...
David Lane on UK racial tensions (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with David Lane, director of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), about current racial tensions and potential conficts in the UK and the need for positive action by Government to...
Deaf actress on theatre (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a deaf female British actress (not identified - poss. Dorothy Miles?) about a scheme aimed at encouraging people with hearing impairments to go the theatre. Female interviewer not identified.
Church raising moral issues (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Lawrence Spicer interviews Bishop Alastair Haggart, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and Bishop of Edinburgh, responding to comments made by Pope John Paul II about the need to address current moral...
Richard Lawrence on UFO sightings (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Richard Lawrence of The Aetherius Society, about an appeal for the release of secret documents relating to UFO sightings in the UK and on the need to maintain objectivity in explaining...