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Peter Shore on Labour Party rift (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Peter Shore, prior to a speech by him, about the damage done by members of the Labour Party who may be planning to leave and form a new party and by extremists. Male interviewer not...
Lord George Brown on new centre party (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Labour MP Lord George Brown about the establishment of a new democratic socialist party by disaffected Labour MPs and politicians following a meeting in London. Male interviewer not...
New political party recruits MPs (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the new social democratic political party recruiting 11 MPs initially with other disaffected MPs reluctant to leave the Labour Party. Includes interviews with 2 of the rebels, Dr David Owen and MP...
William Rodgers leaves shadow cabinet (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the resignation of rebel Labour MP William (Bill) Rodgers from the shadow Cabinet as speculation grows that he will leave to join David Owen’s new party, and on Tony Benn now replacing him....
Biography of Cardinal Basil Hume (1981)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Documentary; Interview; Music; Special
Television biography of Cardinal Basil Hume by Thames Television. Chronicles his path from schoolboy through monk, teacher and Abbot to Archbishop and looks at his work in the Catholic community today, in...
Ronnie Biggs on his new book (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Exiled Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs on his new book, Ronnie Biggs: His Own Story. Interviewer not heard.
Ronnie Biggs trial in Barbados (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the arrival in Barbados of Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, who was abducted in Brazil. Includes excerpts of interviews with Biggs’s defence lawyers, Frederick Smith and David Neufeld. Male...
Jack Slipper on Ronnie Biggs (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Former detective Jack Slipper on the latest attempts to bring Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs back from Brazil to Britain to serve his sentence. Male interviewer not identified. Clip begins with Biggs...
Ronnie Biggs abduction (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified (Scottish?) male speaker on Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, on Biggs’s abduction from Brazil and the possibility of his extradition to the UK. Male interviewer not identified (original...
Rocky Ryan on Ronnie Biggs abduction (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael(Rocky) Ryan, a friend of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, on being approached by Biggs’s kidnappers to help capture him and return him to Britain. Male interviewer not identified.