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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 7 of 7 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Friday 3/2/1984
Production Date
Friday 3/2/1984
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Olwyn Hocking
Newsreader
Stuart Hall
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT 1/RNW A405J/10:
Extract of Nigel Short, chess player from Atherton, going through his chess moves. Ex. London TK. 00m12s
VT 1/RNW A405J/8:
Extract of the M62 car bomb which wrecked a coach carrying soldiers and civilians to the army base at Catterick in Yorkshire. Ex. London VT. 1st TX: 4.2.74. 00m38s
On Friday 3/2/1984 there were 7 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on an announcement that British American Tobacco, based on Merseyside, will be making one thousand redundancies over the next five years. He spoke to Peter Tobin, Works Convenor. Commag. Higginson.
02 mins 04 secs
2
Colin Philpott, snf, reporting on a train crash in which two railwaymen died. He spoke to Frank Roddy, Divisional Officer, GMC Fire Service. Sepmag. Higginson.
02 mins 03 secs
3
Film of an investigation by gas board officials following the death of a mother and her two children. Mute. Oldham. (Stu oov)
0 mins 21 secs
4
Colin Philpott, snf, reporting on attempts by Nigel Short, chess star from Atherton, to become a Chess Grandmaster. Sepmag. Higginson.
1 mins 05 secs
5
Stuart Hall reporting on the tenth anniversary of the worst IRA bombing atrocity suffered in the North West, and how Catherine Dendeck, one of the victims of the attack is planning her wedding to coincide with the same date. Sepmag/Mute. Stephens.
1 mins 40 secs
6
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the only woman in the British team of rally drivers who comes from Cheshire. He spoke to John Taylor, Manager of the British Team and Louise Aitken, the lady chosen for the teams. Ward. Sepmag.
6 mins 22 secs
7
Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on a haunted pub in Upholland, near Skelmersdale and how a wall has been demolished in the hopes of finding buried treasure. Sepmag. Ward.
