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72 results found for '"Robert Allen"' in Contributors.

  • Millennium projects (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Robert Allen reports on the potentially successful bidders for money for projects to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000. Millennium Commission’s Chairman Stephen Dorrell announces the potential...

  • Brent Spar oil rig u-turn (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Robert Allen interview with Heinz Rothermund, Shell, on the decision by the oil company to drop its plans to sink the Brent Spar oil rig in the Atlantic after pressure from environmentalists.

  • Railtrack poor safety record to be exposed (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports on a leaked Government memo warning of the danger of another Clapham-style train disaster and about the poor safety record of Railtrack. includes interviews with Labour transport...

  • Tube dispute (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    ASLEF and the RMT are not happy with the revised pay offers and are planning strikes on the tube Tuesdays and Thursdays. Relations have worsened following a court injunction and it looks as if industrial...

  • New wages planned for NHS (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    Robert Allen is on the line from the Department of Health and reports (to unidentified studio reporter) on the NHS nurses pay dispute and negotiations today which are expected to lead to a deal very shortly.

  • NHS wage dispute settled by trust managers and local unions (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports on the pay deal apparently reached between NHS and trust managers and the leaders of fourteen health unions to stop planned strikes in hospitals. The dispute was sparked in February when...

  • Rushdie talks in London (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Robert Allen reports on a talk entitled Writers Against the State in Westminster Hall. The surprise speaker caused shock, as it was the author Salman Rushdie. His controversial book, The Satanic Verses has...

  • Train fire near Maidenhead (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports after one man was killed after a train caught fire three miles outside Maidenhead Station in Berkshire. Passenger Nyef Abu Zayney describes the scene; Knowles Mitchell spokesman for...

  • Kinnock on Tony Blair’s first TUC speech as Labour leader (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Robert Allen speaks to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock on what current leader Tony Blair’s first speech to the TUC conference as Labour leader should include.

  • Sleaze and MPs earnings likely to be election issue (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Robert Allen speaks to Conservative Party worker Percy King and members of the public in the London constituency of Hayes and Harlington, about the relevance of so-called sleaze as a factor in the next...