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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 4 of 4 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Monday 17/12/1979
Production Date
Monday 17/12/1979
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 A951W/3: Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to the MP for Wythenshawe, Alf Morris, about his call to speed up the Fire Brigade’s report into the Woolworth’s fire. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. BBC Stock. (Ali oov) 29’’ 3’34’’ TOTAL VT DUR: 3’34’’
RNW A951W/2: Debi Davies, snf, talking to Chief Insp. Brian Shackleton about the fall in the number of shoplifting offences, but the rise in thefts from cars. Inc. 16mm film. Commag. Park. 24’ 39’’ TOTAL VT DUR: 3’28’’
RNW A951W/1: Stuart Hall talking to Derek Bolton of Blackpool’s College of Technology, who demonstrated how to turn a piece of lamb into a goose. 4’26’’
On Monday 17/12/1979 there were 4 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on a fire at a refuge for battered wives in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in which three girls died. He spoke to neighbour, Adrian Strain. Commag. Park.
2 mins 19 secs
2
Film of gale damage at Fleetwood. Mute. P.Stephens. (Chris oov)
0 mins 40 secs
3
Film of the re-built Knutsford Station. Mute Park. (Chris oov)
0 mins 26 secs
4
Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on an experiment in Salford in which youngsters are helping design aids for the handicapped. He spoke to the Project Co-ordinator, Richard O’Connell, and to Michael Wilson, a pupil at Cathedral High School. Sepmag. Park.
