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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: Wednesday 11/7/1979
Production Date
Wednesday 11/7/1979
Introduced By
David Davies
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 A928F/5 : (16mm film)
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Joan Freeman, a Manchester psychologist
who has written a book on gifted children. Sepmag/Commag. Park.
174’ 4’39”
RNW A928F/6 :
David Davies, snf, reporting on the announcement that there will be a re-trial
in the case of Mrs Margaret Livesey of Preston, who is accused of murdering
her son Alan.
1’09”
On Wednesday 11/7/1979 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on disruptions at a meeting of Cheshire’s Policy Resource Committee. He spoke to John Dempsey of NUPE and the Committee Chairman, Counc.Allan Richardson. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
5 mins 07 secs
2
Film of a large fire at Turner Brothers at Hindley Green near Wigan. Mute. Hallas. (john oov)
0 mins 25 secs
3
Film of a visit of Prince Phillip to Manchester, Princess Alexandra to Liverpool and James Lester, Under Secretary for Employment, in Merseyside. Mute/Commag. Park/Ward. (John oov)
1 mins 09 secs
4
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Manchester City Planning Officer, Brian Parnell, about plans to turn the River Irwell into a waterside paradise. Mute/Commag. Park.
3 mins 16 secs
5
Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Jonathan Sleigh of the Department of Employment’s Micro-electronics study group, and Mike Robinson, an APEX trade union speaker, who were attending a conference in Manchester on micro-electronics. Commag. Ward.
