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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 23/4/1980
Production Date
Wednesday 23/4/1980
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
Martin Henfield, snf
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : RNW A017H/6:
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the political campaigns prior to the local elections. 1’24”
RNW A017H/7:
Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on the end of the eight week occupation of the Massey Ferguson Tractor Plant at Knowsley. Incl. 16mm film. Commag. Ward. (Mal oov) 29’ 46”
TOTAL VT DUR: 1’19”
RNW A017H/8:
Stuart Hall with this week’s selection of viewers’ letters. Incl. captions and 16mm film. BBC Stock.
Part 1: Commag. Vandalism. (Stu oov) 11’ 18”
Part 2: Sepmag. Parking Meters. (Stu oov) 9’ 15”
Part 3: Sepmag. Karate man. 23’ 37”
Part 4: Mute. Skull Artist. (Stu oov) 8’ 12”
TOTAL VT DUR: 5’12”
On Wednesday 23/4/1980 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 the action that parents of the children who attend schools in Trafford are to take if the strike continues. He spoke to Hazel Heap, a parent, and Mary Hales, a Pastor’s wife. Mute/Sepmag. Stephens.
3 mins 37 secs
2.
Film of the hole at Norcross on the Fylde which is now being Landscaped. Mute. BBC Stock. (Martin oov)
0 mins 18 secs
3.
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the arrival of Stephenson’s Rocket at the Merseyside County Museum in Liverpool. He spoke to Tony Hall-Patch, an official from the London Science Museum. Sepmag. Higginson.
3 mins 40 secs
4.
Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on the progress of Mary Turner, a member of Greater Manchester’s Serious Crime Squad, to solve the murder of Sarah Jane Roberts who died in January 1880. Sepmag. Stephens/Ward.
