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Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B587 | HOMEGROUND | MOTOR CARS | 1977 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B633 | HOMEGROUND | AIRPORTS | 1977 | |
| Opens with general shots of aeroplanes at Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool airports. A male presenter takes an Air Ecosse flight to Barrow from Manchester. He describes the extension at Manchester Airport and speaks to passengers about why they're flying. He interviews Barrow's Airport Manager Bob Foot, fireman Lee Roberts who More... | ||||
| B589 | HOMEGROUND | LANCASHIRE REGIMENTS | 1978 | |
| Various extracts from a Homefront programme on the Lancashire Regiments. Starting with the Great War, we see newspaper headlines and footage from the trenches; 'Kitchener's Army'; going over the top; and the battle of the Somme. There is footage of the Japanese capture of Singapore and crowds of prisoners. We More... | ||||
| B590 | HOMEGROUND | POLITICS | 1978 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits the marginal constituency of Bolton East. There are interviews with David Hoggins, a Bolton Town Hall Official, Conservative Agent Alan Carcass, Labour Agent David Dingwall, as well as the three candidates for Bolton East - the Conservative's Roger Baldwin, Labour's David Young and the Liberal Democrat's John More... | ||||
| B591 | HOMEGROUND | JOHN PEEL | 1978 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor joins the Coniston Hunt for a day. Huntsmen are shown on foot with hounds looking for fox scent on the fells, a fox is chased, huntsmen dig into the ground to find it and it is killed. A passing fellwalker voices her protest at the hunt. Includes More... | ||||
| B592 | HOMEGROUND | ENERGY | 1978 | |
| B592/1: Presenter Frank Mellor reports from Risley Laboratories near Warrington on the British nuclear power industry. Mellor talks to Manager Dr Tom Marsham and a researcher about the current research taking place at Risley. 08m20s More... | ||||
| B595 | HOMEGROUND | MISS HORNIMAN | 1978 | |
| Programme following Jenny Horniman, a rep actress at Bolton's Octagon Theatre. She speaks about her love of acting, her time at drama school and her daily routine. We see Jenny at home learning her lines, in rehearsals, having her costume fitted and putting on her stage make up More... | ||||
| B609 | HOMEGROUND | JODRELL BANK TRIMS | c. 1979 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B593 | HOMEGROUND | WORKING IN LIVERPOOL | 1979 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B594 | HOMEGROUND | LIVING ON MERSEYSIDE | 1979 | |
| B594/1: A male presenter reports from St George's Hall on Liverpool's problem buildings and there are shots of derelict housing in Liverpool. Meanwhile, presenter Frank Mellor visits the desirable village of Formby. Mellor interviews Formby artist Muriel Sibley, retired clerk John Breeze and newsagent Alan Roberts about how the village More... | ||||
| B596 | HOMEGROUND | WIGAN | 1979 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits Wigan to try to dispel the notion that it is a dismal industrial town. He describes Wigan's influential past in coal mining and there are shots of one of the remaining pits, Quaker House Colliery in Billinge. The Managing Director Donald Anderson is interviewed about the More... | ||||
| B597 | HOMEGROUND | LONGDENDALE | 1980 | |
| Programme on the popular recreation area of the Longdendale Valley in the Peak District. Presenter Frank Mellor describes the Valley's water system, its freight rail line between Woodhead and Mottram and the conflict between recreation and environment. Hollingworth farmer Jack Bower is interviewed about the problems public access to his More... | ||||
| B598 | HOMEGROUND | PAPER | 1980 | |
| Workers are shown manufacturing paper at a paper factory. Journalists are seen working at Withy Grove newspaper offices in Manchester and there are shots of newspapers being printed (cuts off abruptly More... | ||||
| B599 | HOMEGROUND | LEYLAND | 1980 | |
| B599/1: Leyland Vehicles workers are shown manufacturing trucks on the factory floor and company Chairman David Abel is interviewed about the current tough economic conditions in the vehicle industry. 02m40s More... | ||||
| B600 | HOMEGROUND | STEEL | 1980 | |
| B650/1: Item focusing on Irlam Steelworks in Salford, which suffered massive job losses in 1974 and eventually closed in 1979. Includes footage of workers striking and picketing, general views of the derelict steelworks and interviews with ex-workers expressing their anger at the closure and difficulty in finding new work More... | ||||
| B601 | HOMEGROUND | MOUNTAINEERING | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor reports from the Buck Barrow Crag in Longsleddale in the Lake District on rock climbing. Mellor interviews climbers Brian Hall and Chris Bonington about how climbing has changed over the years and the challenges of Lakeland climbing. Bonington is shown climbing up a rock face and Hall More... | ||||
| B602 | HOMEGROUND | PRISONS AND PUNISHMENT | 1980 | |
| B602/1: Opens with Homeground series titles. Short extract featuring Brian Redhead describing Kirkham Open Prison's low security status and its overcrowding problem. Prisoners are shown working within the prison on tractors, growing vegetables in greenhouses and walking in an excercise yard. There are also interior shots of the prison and More... | ||||
| B603 | HOMEGROUND | BREWING | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston, Cumbria. He interviews Managing Director Tony Wallace and Head Brewer Jim Maltman about the traditional style in which Hartley's beer is brewed. The brewing process is shown: malted barley, sugar and hops are boiled in a vat with water, yeast is added More... | ||||
| B604 | HOMEGROUND | PROPERTY | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor looks at the property market in the North West. He visits Owen Oyston estate agents headquarters in Blackpool, where he interviews a manager about the property market currently being depressed due to high interest rates. He then visits Homeline, computer-based estate agent based in Manchester's Corn More... | ||||
| B623 | HOMEGROUND | ELLESMERE PORT | 1980 | |
| Reporter Frank Mellor goes to the industrial centre of Ellesmere Port, a town with 'a bustling past and faltering present' due to the economic recession. Various industries are shown in decline. Employees at the Bowater Paper plant (earmarked for closure in November 1980) are shown working in the factory and More... | ||||
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