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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 9 of 9 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 20/3/1979
Production Date
Tuesday 20/3/1979
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 A912A/2 : (16mm film)
Tony Baker reporting on opposition to plans for new reservoirs in the
Borrowbeck Valley. He spoke to Tom Minton of the Borrowbeck Defence
Group and to Mike Houston of the Friends of the Lake District. Sepmag.
Newcastle crew. 135’ 3’36”
RNW A912A/3 :
Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Counc. Ken Maynard, a member of Cheshire’s
Finance sub-committee, and to Mike Davies, Chairman of the CBI’s rates
group about plans for an independent investigation into the Council’s
operations. 3’54”
On Tuesday 20/3/1979 there were 9 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 further troubles in Walton Jail. He spoke to the Prison Officers Branch Secretary, Jimmy Moncur. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
3 mins 11 secs
2
Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on industrial action at the Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, over an incident involving a consultant. He spoke to Bob Quick, the Assistant Regional Secretary of COHSE. Commag. Park.
1 mins 49 secs
3
Film of pickets - members of NUPE - at Withington Hospital. Commag. Park. (Chris oov)
0 mins 18 secs
4
Film of a meeting of ambulance shop stewards in Liverpool. Mute. Ward. (Chris oov)
0 mins 19 secs
5
Film of Barton Dock, following a walk-out of customs officers. Mute. Park. (Chris oov)
0 mins 16 secs
6
Film of workers from the Dunlop plant at Speke, staging a protest in Liverpool city centre. Mute. Ward. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
7
Film of the horse-drawn trams on the Isle of Man. Mute. BBC Stock. (Chris oov)
0 mins 18 secs
8
Film of a meeting between Cheshire County Council members and the CBI. Mute. Ward. (Stu oov)
0 mins 13 secs
9
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the 75th birthday of the World’s Fair - the trade paper for showmen. He spoke to Mark Whatmore, the Chairman of the World’s Fair Ltd and to three of the fairground folk - Henry Wallace, Albert Hill and Michael Collins. Sepmag. Park.
