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131 results found for '"Peter Sharp"' in Contributors.
Beirut refugee camp (1977)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Sharp reports from St Simon refugee camp on a beach in Beirut. Liz Lamb, nurse for Save the Children, speaks about conditions. The camp consists mainly of women and children as men have been killed in...
Grunwick factory dispute (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on views of the mass picketing by members of various trade unions and violent incidents outside the Grunwick factory from factory owner George Ward, John Gorst Mr Ward’s MP, and two Grunwick workers...
Grunwick factory dispute (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Sharp reports on the arrest of Arthur Scargill, miners’ union leader, at the Grunwick factory mass picket. Violence is increasing at the pickets and there is criticism of police action particularly...
First British astronaut hopeful (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Sharp interviews William Grut, one of five Britains competing with 55 other Europeans for the first extra terrestrial vacancy offered by the European Space Agency.
Arthur Matthews, ex-butler on Idi Amin (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Part of an interview by Peter Sharp with Arthur Matthews, former butler of Ugandan President, Idi Amin. He speaks about Amin’s personality and habits and his own fear of being sent to prison and mixed...
Arthur Matthews, ex-butler on Idi Amin (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Part of an interview by Peter Sharp with Arthur Matthews, former butler of Ugandan President, Idi Amin. He speaks about Amin’s personality and habits and his own fear of being sent to prison and mixed...
Sir Geoffrey Jackson on terrorism (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Sharp interviews British diplomat and writer Sir Geoffrey Jackson on terrorism after the rescue of hostages from a hijacking in Mogadishu, Somalia. He talks about how terrorists use television as a...
Galveston explosion (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Roy Flores reports from the USA to Peter Sharp at IRN on an explosion in Galveston, Texas, where people were trapped inside a grain elevator. 10 people are reported dead and a further 23 injured. Emergency...
Andrew Newton safety concerns (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Aspell, Andrew Newton’s solicitor, is concerned about his client’s safety following his disappearance, after claims that he had been hired as a hit-man by ex-Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe.
Mining leaders on age of retirement (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Coal Board Chairman, Sir Derek Ezra on the debate over early retirement for miners. Ezra says that workers under ground will be included but that the Coal Board cannot include above ground workers in the...