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159 results found for '"Political demonstrations"' in Keywords.
National Front meeting in school (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. Peter Watts, headmaster of Shoreditch School in east London) about staff opposition to a National Front political meeting being held in his school hall....
Indira Gandhi visits Southall during demonstration (1978)
- Genre
- News report
David Jarvis reports on a rowdy demonstration in Southall, West London, during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
British ambassador on trouble in Iran (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Anthony Parsons, British ambassador in Iran, on the troubles in the country including the embassy being attacked, a day after the military government took over. Male interviewer not...
Arrests of former ministers in Iran (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Wood(?) reports back to the studio on the arrest of the former Iranian Prime Minister Amir-abbas Hoveida by the new military government along with various other former cabinet ministers and the head of...
Southwark Town Hall to take on role of 3 town halls (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview (with Nick Snow?) about the opposition to government plans for Southwark Town Hall, to centralize the area’s town halls, and on the public demonstrations involved.
Education cuts (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Lambeth Council’s refusal to implement Conservative Government’s cuts in education and organising a march to protest at the cuts. Speaking are Ted Knight, Lambeth Council leader; Robin Pitt,...
Protesters lobby for capital punishment return (1979)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Vox pop with members of the public who are lobbying for the re-introduction of capital punishment. The public give their reasons for the demonstration.
Thatcher in Scotland (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a visit by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Scotland, accompanied by demonstrations by SCRAM - the Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace. Thatcher comments on nuclear power, Conservative...
Low profile police during South Africa rugby tour (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chief Constable John Alderson in Exeter on policing levels ahead of the South African rugby tour matches in Devon and Cornwall and on anti-apartheid political protests that may occur at the...
William Whitelaw visits Bradford (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the visit of Home Secretary William Whitelaw to the Ravi newspaper offices in Bradford, and the demonstration which greeted him due to the Government’s alleged racist immigration policy. Speaking...