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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 17/1/1979
Production Date
Wednesday 17/1/1979
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 A903D/5:
Jim Hancock, snf, talking to our local government expert, Bruce Wood, about the possibility of large rate rises. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Stephens. (Jim oov) - of the computer in Manchester Town Hall, and 14’ map of the region. TOTAL VT DUR: 4’12’’
STUDIO: Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the problems facing rail and bus commuters in Greater Manchester in the next few days. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Park. (Fel oov) TOTAL DUR: 1’13’’
On Wednesday 17/1/1979 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
David Davies, snf, talking to three women from Mossley, near Ashton-under-Lyne, who dug a trench down to a burst water main so that a private plumber - Gerald Fitzgerald - could fix it. Sepmag. Park.
3 mins 45 secs
2
Film of pickets at factories around the region, involved in the lorry drivers strike. Mute. Park/Ward/Stephens. (John oov)
0 mins 31 secs
3
Film of a crown green bowls match, following the clearing of six men accused of acting as bookmakers at matches. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov)
0 mins 24 secs
4
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a “do-it-yourself” kidney machine unit, which has just opened in Liverpool’s Mossley Hill Hospital. He spoke to Sister Joan West and to some of the patients benefitting from the machine. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
3 mins 06 secs
5
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the closure, in a few days time, of the Irlam steelworks. She spoke to the Manager, Frank Tulley, who had worked there for 32 years, and to some of the other men who’ve worked there, including Miles Campbell, Bob and Bill Whittaker and Idris Early.
