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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: Tuesday 28/6/1977
Production Date
Tuesday 28/6/1977
Introduced By
David Davies, snf
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Christine Burn
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
Manchester vt : vtc/6st/nw7726/1/mr: Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Dr. Philip King of UMIST, the country’s leading natural gas expert, who with his colleagues set out to discover if there was any link between four serious gas explosions which happened within a few days, and a number of others at around the same time. 2m 53s
vtc/6st/nw7726/4/4/mr: Alistair Macdonald, snf, with a report on the trial of Jane Wright, on spying charges in Somalia. Inc. 16mm film: GVs four accused arriving at courthouse. BBC Stock. Mute. (Alistair oov) 11ft 0s 17s
Total vt dur : 1m 17s
On Tuesday 28/6/1977 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 Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the sacking of 16 firemen in Liverpool for refusing to end an unofficial work to rule. He spoke to Bob Roxburgh, one of the strikers. Ward. Commag.
4 mins 00 secs
2
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Pat Hicks, of the Transport Workers Union, about the protest by taxi drivers in Liverpool - they say licence regulations aren’t being correctly enforced. Ward. Sepmag.
2 mins 02 secs
3
GVs of the first prototype of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod in flight at Woodford, Cheshire. Park. Commag. (Chris oov).
0 mins 48 secs
4
GVs damage caused by gas explosions. BBC Stock. Mute. (Nick oov)
0 mins 30 secs
5
Frank Mellor reporting on research at Lancaster University into methods of destroying dock weeds. The weeds have a natural enemy in Gastrophysa Viridula. McDairmant. Commag.
