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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 3 of 3 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 2/1/1979
Production Date
Tuesday 2/1/1979
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : RNW A901P/1:
Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Terry Bellis, Secretary of the Wirral UFO Society, and to Paul Blenkinship from Blackpool, one of several people in the region who saw an object in the sky over the weekend. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Ex-London. - of a UFO over New Zealand. 17’ 27’’ TOTAL VT DUR: 4’07’’
STUDIO INTERVIEW: David Davies, snf, talking to Counc. Ken Franklin, Chairman of Manchester’s Highway’s Committee, about why Manchester was so unprepared to face the bad weather conditions. 3’20’’
On Tuesday 2/1/1979 there were 3 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Film of weather conditions throughout the region. Mute. Stringer/Park/Ward/Stephens. (David oov)
1 mins 11 secs
2
Film of the preparations for Millenium Year in the Isle of Man. We spoke to the Speaker of the House of Keys, Charles Kerruish, George Cowley, King of the Peel Vikings who stage a re-enactment of the invasion of the island every year - Jim Nelson, who’s in charge of a project to cross the North Sea in a specially built replica of a Viking longship, Charles Guard, who’s organising a Celtic week, Doug Fargher, who’s spent 25 years compiling the first Manx dictionary, and to Clifford Irving, Chairman of the IOM Tourist Board. Sepmag. Stephens.
9 mins 52 secs
3
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Wirral yachtsman, 24-year-old Richard Robinson, who’s a member of the eight-man British team taking part in the World championships. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
