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Tony Benn voted off Labour’s shadow cabinet (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview withTony Benn Labour MP reacting after he was voted off the Labour Party shadow cabinet and on the new right wing shadow cabinet and future for Labour Party. Interviewed by Peter Allen.
British peacekeepers for Sinai (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Carrington (Peter Carington), Foreign Secretary on why Britain has decided to contribute to an international peacekeeping force in the Sinai and likely response from Israelis and Arab...
Edward Heath on an intelligence gathering organisation (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath explaining why he has joined a new worldwide independent intelligence gathering organisation, International Reporting Information Systems, or IRIS and what...
GLC councillor Paul Rossi defects to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC councillor Paul Rossi on his defection to the Social Democrats (SDP) from the Labour Party and whether any of his colleagues may join him in defecting. Male interviewer not identified.
Prince Charles speech to IMechE (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Includes excerpts of the speech, in which the Prince talks about the prospects for small...
Bombshell game controversy (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on controversy surrounding the Waddingtons children’s game Bombshell, following the death of Ken Howorth, a British bomb disposal expert, while trying to defuse an IRA bomb in London. Includes...
Stephen Howorth on Bombshell game (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Stephen Howorth, son of Ken Howorth, a British bomb disposal expert who was killed attempting to defuse an IRA bomb in London, on the controversial children’s game, Bombshell. Male interviewer not identified.
New IRIS news service launch (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male managing director of the IRIS news service (poss. Anthony Stout) on the setting up of a new electronic worldwide information organisation. Female interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
London Weekly Diary anniversary (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female editor of the London Weekly Diary of Social Events on the sixtieth anniversary of the magazine. Interviewer is Rodney Bennett.
Reaction to prison governor’s letter (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the reaction to a letter to The Times newspaper (19/11/81) by John McCarthy, Governor of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, in which he described the prison as being like a penal dustbin. Speakers...