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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
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Further details for Look North West: Thursday 27/2/1986
Production Date
Thursday 27/2/1986
Introduced By
Stuart Hall and John Mundy
Producer
Olwyn Hocking
Newsreader
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT 1/RNW A608/9:
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on a dispute at Chester Zoo, following the resignation of Director, Dr. Michael Bramdell. He’s one of the country’s leading zoologists and now the zoo is faced with growing problems, due mainly to lack of monay. He spoke, also, to Nick Ellerton, curator of mammals. PSC. Higginson. Plus 01m00s Lib. PSC. 03m03s
TOTAL VT DUR: 04m03s
MANCHESTER VT 1/RNW A608/10:
VT of the Leyland truck, ‘Roadrunner’, which has won a design council award. Lib. PSC. (John Mundy oov)
TOTAL VT DUR: 00m20s
MANCHESTER VT 1/RNW A608/11:
Martin Henfield, snf, giving more details about the North West Art Competition, which starts in April. PSC. Park.
TOTAL VT DUR 00m56s
PSC:
1. Julie Carter, snf, reporting from the Lake District, where visitors are being warned of the dangers of the frozen lakes. She spoke to Roger Quartermain, Lake Warden; John Wyatt, Chief Ranger, Lake District National Park; and Roger Reed, Chief Leisure Services Officer. PSC. Higginson. 03m45s
2. Paul Newman, snf, reporting on a pilot scheme in Liverpool, using acupuncture as a way of weaning addicts off hard drugs within weeks. PSC. Magpie and 00m20s Lib. PSC. He spoke to Andrew Lamb, Medical Director. 02m26s
3. PSC of preparations for the opening of the G-MEX exhibition centre in Manchester. PSC. Park. (Stuart Hall oov) 00m18s
4. Colin Philpott, snf, reporting on an exhibition which has been set up as a tribute to Kathleen Major who died in 1978. She created hundreds of unusual paintings and drawings, whilst suffering from a severe stroke. PSC. Park. 02m44s
5. Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on an exhibition which has been set up at the Open Eye Gallery in Whitechapel, Liverpool, where photographer Brian Lomas is to exhibit a compilation of photographs of the fast disappearing ‘Corner Shop’. PSC. Magpie. 03m00s
On Thursday 27/2/1986 there were 1 news stories transmitted.
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[Unknown. See studio-based and videotape material for this programme in ‘programme details’]
