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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 26/7/1978
Production Date
Wednesday 26/7/1978
Introduced By
Felicity Goodey
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: VTC/6ST/NW7830/4/MR: Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Eric Foskett, Director of Environmental Health for Manchester, about the apparent increase in food poisoning, and the many differing types of food that can cause salmonella. 3’42
STUDIO INTERVIEW: Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Dr. Anthony Lane, North West Regional Authority Medical Officer, about the report by the N.W. Regional Health Authority that there’s still a long waiting list for hospital treatment, and that the region is the most deprived in the country. 3’13’’
On Wednesday 26/7/1978 there were 4 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
David Davies, snf, reporting on the reaction of the townspeople of Oldham to the birth of the first so-called ‘test tube baby’. He spoke to Patrick O’ Reilly, an Oldham journalist - the Oldham Chronicle had forecast the time of birth - and were only thirteen minutes out in their reckoning.
4 mins 25 secs
2
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to David Alton, of Liverpool’s Housing Department, about plans to sell off all of Liverpool’s empty flats and houses at a very low price. Prospective buyers will be invited to tender on the understanding that they will become owner-occupiers and modernise the property within two years. Ward. Commag.
4 mins 31 secs
3
GVs scene of a crash at Singleton, near Blackpool, in which a three-year-old girl was killed and ten other people injured. The crash involved a mini van from Scotland. Hallas. Mute. (John oov)
0 mins 20 secs
4
Frank Mellor talking to Bob Brand about the Winsford salt mine about a new use for the rock salt crystals - apart from spreading it on roads in winter. BBC Stock. Sepmag.
