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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 5 of 5 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Thursday 3/2/1977
Production Date
Thursday 3/2/1977
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: VTC/6ST/NW7705/5/MR: David Davies snf talking to Dr Rosalie David and Dr George Fildes about an expedition to Manchester to excavate valuable Egyptian sites. (Including mute film, BBC Stock, Dur 0-30) Dur 4-06 [LN PART REMOVED 17-3-77]
2-WAY NORMAN SHAW NORTH: Nick Clarke snf talking to Mr Fred Sylvester MP for Withington, about North West unemployment. Dur 3-06
On Thursday 3/2/1977 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Views of a house fire in Birkenhead in which Gary Harrison, aged 6, died. The parents and daughter escaped to safety. Mute. Ward. (14’)
0 mins 21 secs
2
Views of Bridgewater Canal, Stockton Heath, which is being drained to allow construction of a tunnel underneath. Mute. ward. (14’)
0 mins 22 secs
3
Liz Donnelly snf reporting on an exhibition of art by prisoners held at the Pitcairn Gallery in Knutsford. sepmag. Stephens. (142’)
3 mins 37 secs
4
Frank Mellor reporting on fox hunting in South Cumbria. The Lunesdale Foxhounds accuse the Wensleydale Hunt of encroaching on their territory. sepmag. McDermott (150’)
3 mins 59 secs
5
Alistair Macdonald snf reporting on the construction of a boat with a ferro-concrete hull by Barry Worrall of Birkenhead. sepmag .Higginson. (134’)
