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Steel strike - Effect on Scunthorpe (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the effects of the steel strike on the town of Scunthorpe. Male interviewer not identified.
David Basnett on employment legislation (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Phone-in
David Basnett, General and Municipal Workers Union (GMWU), on the possible effects of the Government’s planned employment legislation on trade union activity. In two parts, divided by break in audio -...
Government energy policy - Possible nuclear increase (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. spokesman for British Nuclear Fuels) on a report into the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in the United States, and on future energy policy in the UK and the...
Aubrey Singer on Musicians Union strike (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
BBC executive Aubrey Singer on the effect of the Musicians Union strike on programme services. Male interviewer not identified.
Covent Garden reopens (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reopening of Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market in central London as a specialist restaurant and shopping centre. Includes interviews with Mark Patterson, chairman of the Greater London...
Jack Chester on British Steel leak (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Jack Chester, former employee of British Steel, on his alleged supplying of sensitive documents to Granada Television for use in a documentary entitled The Steel Papers, broadcast during the steel strike...
Lord Cadbury ousted as Westward chairman (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Lord Peter Cadbury, founder and chairman of Westward Television, after shareholders voted to oust him as chairman and exclude him from future meetings. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
Menwith Hill spying base allegations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report (including interview) on allegations by investigative journalist Duncan Campbell that a secret telecommunications tapping centre at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire is being run by the United States to...
Queen Mother’s 80th birthday celebrations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Music; Special
Report on the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday celebrations in the grounds of her official Scottish residence, Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Includes broadcast excerpt from independent radio in Scotland,...
Jack Straw on effects of glue sniffing (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP for Blackburn, Jack Straw on the increasing problem of solvent abuse and glue sniffing amongst adolescents in the UK. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Tommy Boyd?).