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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 7 of 7 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 20/9/1978
Production Date
Wednesday 20/9/1978
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
Manchester VT: RNW/A838/3: Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw about her experiments with mathematical shapes and soap solution and surface areas, before her address to members of the Royal Institution in London. Dur: 4m 48s.
RNW/A838W/4: Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Andrew Collier, Deputy Education Officer for Lancashire, about the results of reading and maths tests given to Lancashire children of nine and thirteen. The tests are not designed to replace the 11+, but to give a guide to teachers. Dur: 3m 06s.
On Wednesday 20/9/1978 there were 7 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
David Davies, snf, reporting on the two typhoid cases confirmed in Manchester - he spoke to Dr. Alistair Ironside, leading consultant physician at Monsall Isolation Hospital about the disease, and the condition of his patients. Stephens. Sepmag. (David oov: ‘50”).David
3 mins 05 secs
2
GVs motorway crash on the M56 - the westbound carriageway between Junctions 9 and 10 was blocked for about 2 hours. Park. Mute. (Hohn oov).
0 mins 21 secs
3
GVs Hunters Cooked Meats factory at Broadgreen which has been threatened with closure. Ward. Mute. (John oov).
0 mins 18 secs
4
GVs Open Day at Appleton Open Prison to mark the centenary of the Prison Service. Ward. Mute. (John oov).
0 mins 14 secs
5
Dr. Janet Kear, Curator of Martin Mere Nature Reserve, talking about the small creatures that inhabit the hedgerows in the countryside. Stephens. Sepmag.
4 mins 39 secs
6
GVs schoolchildren working in class. Ward. Mute. (Felicity oov).
0 mins 35 secs
7
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Councillor Ken Maynard and John Dempsey, Area Secretary of NUPE about the pros and cons of serving ‘Ploughman’s Lunches’ to Cheshire schoolchildren in a bid to save money. Higginson. Sepmag.
