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Earls Court improvement (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of the Nucleus voluntary housing organisation, Reverend Harry Davies, talks about his aim to work with the government to improve the Earls Court area of London.
Tanker towed into Sandown (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Stephen Ross, Liberal MP for Isle of Wight, describes the public reaction to as well as the ecological and financial effects of towing the giant scuppered tanker Pacific Glory into Sandown Bay. The Glory was...
Criminal rehabilitation (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on a rehabilitation programme for criminals, which would become part of an inmate’s sentence, and would teach the offender the skills needed to reintegrate into...
Exploitation of young workers (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Gwilym Roberts brings up the problem of employers exploiting young workers by underpaying them.
Keith Wallis death inquiry called for (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
James Wellbeloved, Labour MP, seeks a new investigation into the death of South African journalist Keith Wallis in London nine years ago. Male interviewer not identified.
Yorkshire Ripper manhunt (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Local police officer (not identified) in Yorkshire on the public appeal for help to locate the Yorkshire Ripper, and warns this is a very dangerous person, whom they hope to catch soon. Male interviewer not...
Yorkshire Ripper house raid (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on a police raid on a house in Darlington which they had a tip off may be connected to the Yorkshire Ripper but turned out not to be. Includes neighbours’ accounts of what happened including Lily...
Psychic joins hunt for Yorkshire Ripper (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with clairvoyant Doris Stokes on how she is helping police with their hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper by using her psychic powers to try and find the whereabouts of the killer. She comments on an...
Police raid house in Yorkshire Ripper case (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with police spokesman (not identified) about a Yorkshire police raid on a house in Darlington in connection with the Yorkshire Ripper murders where newspaper cuttings and literature about the...
Lord Carr on death penalty (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Carr (Leonard Carr) on opposition to the death penalty.