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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: Wednesday 18/7/1979
Production Date
Wednesday 18/7/1979
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 A929A/6 :
Jim Hancock, snf, talking to the Chairman of the N.W. Gas Consumers
Council, George Read, about their call for a special fund to be set up to help
the victims of gas explosions. Incl. 16mm film. Commag. BBC stock - of
the aftermath of an explosion in Bolton. 22’ 35”
Total Dur: 3’51”
RNW A929A/7 :
Extract from the Gillette Cup cricket match between Lancashire and Kent.
Recorded from Tx. on BBC 2. 15”
RNW A929A/8 :
Extract from the race in which Sebastian Coe broke the world record for the
mile. Ex-London. 30”
2-WAY INTERVIEW, NORMAN-SHAW-North + STUDIO INTERVIEW :
David Davies, snf, talking to the MP for Nelson and Colne, John Lee,
(in London) and Liaqat Hussain ( in Manchester), about the case of
16-year-old Yasmen Akhtar who, it’s claimed, was wrongly deported to
Pakistan. 4’13”
LIVE OB FROM CANTERBURY :
Peter West with a round-up on the day’s play in the Gillette Cup match
between Lancashire and Kent. 1’00”
STUDIO INTERVIEW :
David Davies, snf, talking to John Davies, the coach of a squad of North
West athletes which includes Sebastian Coe.
On Wednesday 18/7/1979 there were 4 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Film of the home in Leonard Street, Nelson, in which Yasmen Akhtar had been living. Mute. Park. (David oov)
0 mins 24 secs
2
GVs of the Kelloggs cereal factory in Manchester, where there is still no production. Commag. Stephens. (John oov)
0 mins 20 secs
3
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the opening of a new visitors centre at Croxteth Hall on Merseyside. He spoke to John Last, the Chairman of Merseyside Arts and Culture Committee and Bill McDermott, the Assistant Director of Merseyside Museums. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
4 mins 08 secs
4
David Davies, snf, talking to Sebastian Coe on his arrival back at Manchester Airport and film of some of the other members of his squad. Commag/Mute. Ward/BBC stock
