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69 results found for '"Official Secrets Act"' in Keywords.
IBA bans World in Action programme on Hong Kong (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bruce Page, editor of New Statesman magazine, on the banning by the IBA of a Granada World in Action programme about corruption and poor security in Hong Kong, on the grounds that it breached...
D-notice system for newspapers changing (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP and former journalist, Jonathan Aitken, on proposed changes to the D-Notice system of regulating newspaper coverage of UK Government information covered by the Official Secrets...
Tony Benn on Labour Party democracy (1981)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Trailer
Labour MP, Tony Benn’s latest book, Arguments for Democracy, is published today and he is challenging Denis Healey for deputy leadership of the Labour Party. He speaks at length to Barry Jordan about...
Final day of Labour conference (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the final day of the Labour Party conference in Brighton and debates on a freedom of information act and the Official Secrets Act and for new controls on the police. Speaking are MP Eric Heffer; MP...
1951 official secrets released (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
LBC reporter Rodney Bennett on the release of documents (Cabinet minutes?) under the Official Secrets Act, and the main stories of 1951, including the organisation of the Festival of Britain. Male...
Cuban spy trial (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Tim Crook reports on the start of a British trial in which the true identities of the defendants (suspected of being spies for Cuba) are not known.
Geoffrey Prime spying affair (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary statement and debate on Geoffrey Prime after his conviction for spying and child abuse. Speaking are: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Michael Foot; Conservative Ray...
Peter Preston on order to return documents (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference
Guardian editor Peter Preston on the order to return secret documents sent to the newspaper, about cruise missiles. Multiple interviewers, not identified.
Release of Mosley files (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the release of government papers regarding the leader of the British Union of Fascists, Oswald Mosley. Freedom of information campaigner Fred Mallin(?) talks about the files which were not...
Clive Ponting trial (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the magistrates’ court decision to put forward to trial under the Official Secrets Act Clive Ponting, the civil servant who sent two documents to Labour MP Tam Dalyell about the controversial...