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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: Thursday 3/5/1979
Production Date
Thursday 3/5/1979
Introduced By
David Davies
Producer
Tom German
Newsreader
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
STUDIO :
David Davies, snf, with a round up of what results to expect during the night,
and when they are expected to be announced. 2’30”
On Thursday 3/5/1979 there were 7 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
[Unknown. See studio-based and videotape material for this programme in ‘programme details’]
0 mins 0 secs
1
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reports on a Tanker Training Centre at Fleetwood Nautical College which aims to reduce the accident rate among oil tankers. He joins a training exercise on the Irish Sea and spoke to John Matthews, lecturer, Richard Mulroney, course tutor, Ships Master, Peter Gow, and John Weir. Sepmag. Higginson.
5 mins 47 secs
2
Film of a pile up on the M6 Motorway near Sandbach in which one man was killed and three people injured. Mute. Higginson. John oov.
0 mins 17 secs
3
David Davies, snf, reports on the latest election news with Commag film of people turning out to vote at a Salford Polling Station. Commag. Selwood. David oov.
0 mins 12 secs
4
Nick Clarke, snf, reports on the administrative problems of having to count two separate votes from one ballot box, and talks to Mary Cooper of the admin. staff. Sepmag. Selwood.
2 mins 37 secs
5
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reports on the 400th anniversary of Sandbach Market which the market traders celebrated by dressing up in the clothes they thought would have been suitable in Elizabethan times when their charter was granted. He talked to various market traders including Ron Flint, and to historian, Brian Harris, about the historic figures behind the markets origins. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
3 mins 52 secs
6
STUDIO :
Felicity Goodey, snf, in vision reporting on the latest developments in the car bomb trial at Liverpool Crown Court.