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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: Friday 20/7/1979
Production Date
Friday 20/7/1979
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/11 :
Nick Clarke, snf, with a special report on the rising pound and what it means
to jobs and industry in the North West. Incl. maps, captions and 16mm film.
Part 1 : Sepmag. BBC stock. Film of Holidaymakers. 22’ 35”
Part 2 : Sepmag. Park/Stephens/Ward. Extracts from interviews. 21’ 34”
Part 3 : Sepmag/Commag. Ward/Stephens/Park. Nick talking to David
Green, the Commercial Director of ICI Mond division, Peter
Cockcroft, the MD of Heatherdale Fabrics of Todmorden and Bob
Audsley, the Chairman of Tootals. 106’ 2’49”
Part 4 : Sepmag/Commag. Stephens. Nick talking to Prof. Douglas Hague,
Head of the Manchester Business School. 46’ 1’14”
Part 5 : Sepmag/Commag. Stephens. Nick again talking to Prof. Hague.
55’ 1’28”
Part 6 : Sepmag. Park. Nick talking to banker David Wilson. 26’ 42”
Total VT Dur : 11’33”
On Friday 20/7/1979 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Richard Dukenfield, snf, talking to Frank Field, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, Malcolm Thornton, the Conservative MP for Garston and David Alton, the Liberal member for Edge Hill, as they toured the Cammell Laird shipyard. Commag. Higginson
2 mins 37 secs
2
GVs of the Picadilly Plaza in the centre of Manchester, the leasehold of which is up for sale. Mute. Park. (John oov)
0 mins 15 secs
3
Film of chess boy Nigel Short, who came equal first in the World Under 17 championships. Mute. BBC stock. (John oov)
0 mins 21 secs
4
Alistair MacDonald, snf, talking to Insp. Mike Worthington of Cheshire Police about their new hand-held radar, now on trial in the county. Sepmag. Ward.
3 mins 34 secs
5
Steve Ireland, snf, with a preview on the Model Yachting Championships to be held in Fleetwood over the weekend. He spoke to some of the Competitors. Sepmag/Commag. Ward.
