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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 8 of 8 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 23/11/1976
Production Date
Tuesday 23/11/1976
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Tony Miller
Newsreader
Stuart Hall
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
Manchester vt : (film)
vtc/6st/nw7647/3/mr : The story of Company Director Vernon Parkinson who travels daily 370 miles to work - from Northwich in Cheshire, to Liverpool Street, London; BBC Stock. Commag. (Stuart oov) Dur 2 mins
On Tuesday 23/11/1976 there were 8 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on the fact that one in every fourteen workers in the North West depends for his job on companies controlled from the United States. He spoke to Peter Lloyd, from Manchester University, who has been involved in the research. Stephens. Sepmag.
3 mins 15 secs
2
Debris at Lancaster City Football club’s thousand-seater stand, destroyed by fire. Stringer. Mute. (Stuart oov)
0 mins 15 secs
3
Fleetwood Docks facing problems in the fishing industry. BBC Stock. Mute. (Stuart oov)
0 mins 32 secs
4
Bus drivers at Lancashire United Transports’ Atherton depot going back to work. Park. Mute. (Stuart oov)
0 mins 20 secs
5
Pickets outside Western Ship Repairers, Birkenhead, Yard, where there’s hope of a quick settlement of the dispute. Ward. Mute. (Stuart oov)
0 mins 16 secs
6
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to David Scaresbrick about his plan before the local council to set up a gaming and sporting centre in Southport. Sepmag. Higginson.
4 mins 35 secs
7
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on Manchester Polytechnic’s research into a proper car for the disabled. She spoke to Ray Gray, Head of the Project, about the delay due to lack of funds - it will probably take at least three years to produce a prototype model. Stephens. Sepmag.
3 mins 03 secs
8
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to playwright Ray Hermon about his play “Tommy Rot” - the story of the building of the Woodhead tunnel which carries the Manchester to Sheffield Railway line through the Pennines. Mute/Sepmag. Park. (Ali. oov 50 scs)
