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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 6 of 6 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 16/1/1979
Production Date
Tuesday 16/1/1979
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Christine Burn
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: RNW A903D/2:
Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Bill Asprey and Joe Houghton of the TGWU, about the lorry drivers strike. 3’25’’
RNW A902J/7:
Film of the match between Altrincham and Tottenham Hotspurs in the third round of the FA cup. Originally shown on Look North, 11.1.79. 16mm film. Sepmag. London crew. 11’ 17’’
RNW A903D/3: (16mm film)
Views of the docklands at Birkenhead and Wallasey. Mute. 27’ 43’’
STUDIO INTERVIEW:
David Davies, snf, talking to the Chairman of the NWWA, Counc. George Mann, about the worsening effects of the water strike. 2’52’’
On Tuesday 16/1/1979 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting from Cheshire, where are calls to make it a strike free zone. She spoke to a TGWU senior branch official, Par Tyrrell and to Peter Thomasson of Thomassons Transport, a meat haulage company. Commag. Park.
4 mins 04 secs
2
Film of a group of women in Mossley near Stalybridge, who have dug down to a main water pipe that burst last week, and are now getting a private plumber to mend it. Mute. Park. (Stu oov)
0 mins 27 secs
3
David Davies, snf, reporting on the meeting at which the water men voted to extend their strike. He spoke to Bill Arnison of the General and Municipal Workers Union. Commag. Stephens.
2 mins 04 secs
4
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the one-day rail strike. Sepmag/Commag. Park/Stephens/Higginson.
1 mins 59 secs
5
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the meeting of two Egyptian mummies at Fazakerley hospital in Liverpool - who are believed to be related. One is from the Merseyside County Museum and the other from Hildesheim in West Germany. He spoke to the keeper of antiquities, Margaret Warhurst. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
2 mins 39 secs
6
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a scheme, financed by Merseyside County Council and Wirral Council, to improve the docklands at Birkenhead and Wallasey. He spoke to the Chairman of Wirral Council, Harry Deverill. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
