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Analysis 1970-
A weekly current affairs programme which examined, discussed and debated a wide range of mainly political issues concerning Britain and the wider world. During the period 1970-1983, each edition had a presenter and one or more expert contributors. Although there were some variations in programme format, most consisted of pre-recorded interview extracts tied together by the scripted words of the presenter.
- Broadcast details
- Radio 4, Wednesdays 20.45 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs series
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring;John Eidinow;Michael Charlton;Hugo Young
- Notes
- See Hugh Chignell ‘BBC Radio 4’s Analysis, 1970-1983: a selective history and case study of BBC current affairs radio’ PhD thesis Bournemouth University.
See also Analysis database showing programmes between 1970-1990 and including interviews and analyses of 60 individual programmes. http://xanadu.bournemouth.ac.uk:591/analysis/home.htm
Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, MP.
The leader of the opposition Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP in conversation with Gerald Priestland
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 17 July 1975 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Greville Havenhand
- Presenter
- Gerald Priestland
- Cast
- Margaret Thatcher Leader of the Conservative party
The Prime Minister Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP
The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher MP, in conversation with Michael Charlton
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 26 November 1980 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Caroline Thomson
- Presenter
- Michael Charlton
- Cast
- Margaret Thatcher
Mrs Thatcher's Blues
How have Conservatives adapted to Mrs Thatcher's style of government? Are recent resignations and leaks about policies signs of deeper dissolution?
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 1 July 1981 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Caroline Thomson
- Presenter
- John Eidinow
Alternatives to Thatcherism
Are there any workable alternatives to the Government's economic policy? Mary Goldring challenges a cross-section of Mrs Thatcher's most trenchant critics to prove that they could do better.
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 14 October 1981 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Caroline Thomson
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher interviewed by Michael Charlton
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 30 March 1983 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- David Morton
- Presenter
- Michael Charlton
- Cast
- Margaret Thatcher
Health and Mr Fowler
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 7 December 1983 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Producer
- Tom Read
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
- Notes
- Transmission Start Time: 20:45
The Frontiers of Thatcherism
Has the radical thrust of Thatcherism lost its cutting edge? Many of the policy changes promised by Mrs Thatcher when she first came to power in 1979 are now firmly established as part of the political landscape. So much so, that some critics are saying that the Government has lots its momentum and lacks any fresh ideas. What new policies are being spawned in the Tory Think Tanks and what do Conservative leaders think of them?
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 7 March 1984 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Tom Read
- Presenter
- Hugo Young
- Cast
- The Rt Hon John Biffen MP Conservative member for Oswestry Leader of the House of Commons; Sir John Hoskyns; David Howell MP for Guildford Chairman Select Committee on Foreign Affairs; Lord Ralph Harris Founded the Institute of Economic Affairs in 1957; Dr Madsden Pirie President and Founder of the Adam Smith Institute; Sir Alfred Sherman Set up Mrs Thatcher's think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) in the mid-70s; Dr Elizabeth Cottrell Director of Research Centre for Policy Studies; Lord Jock Bruce Gardyne Former Economic Secretary to the Treasury; Dr Roger Scruton Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College London editor of the Salisbury Review;
The Thatcher Effect - The Managers
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 18 March 1987
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- David Morton
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
- Cast
- Morse, Sir Jeremy, Chairman, Lloyds Bank former Director, Bank of England former Directory, International Monetary Fund; Hogg, Sir Christopher, Chairman, Courtaulds; Hoskyns, Sir John, Director General, Institute of Directors; Roots, Paul, Director of Industrial Relations, Ford Motor Company; Kay, Prof. John, Economist, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Director Centre of Industrial Policy, London Business School, Professor of Industrial Policy, London Business School; Goodhart, Charles, Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics and Politics, Monetary Economics specialist; Watts, Dennis, Docker; McGeorge, Robert, Unemployed; Pahl, Prof. Ray, Research Professor in sociology at the University of Kent; Horsley, Nicholas, Deputy Chairman, Northern Foods; Shelbourne, Sir Philip, Chairman of Britoil; Boreham, Sir John, Former Head of Government Statistical Services; Nunneley, Charles, Chairman, Robert Fleming & Co Ltd.,; Law, Sue, Lending Manager in Personal Banking Services; Jackson, Bill, Chief Executive, Kent County Council, Former Chief Executive, Kent County Council; Jowell, Roger, Director Social and Community Planning Research, and Independant Social Research Institute; Griffiths, Sir Roy, Managing Director of J Sainsbury Plc
The Thatcher Effect - The Workers
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 25 March 1987
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- David Morton
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
- Cast
- Jordan, Bill, Vice Principal of a local college of Further Education President, Amalgamated Engineering Union; Robinson, Dr Olive, Senior Lecturer Bath University; Morse, Sir Jeremy, Chairman, Lloyds Bank former Director, Bank of England former Directory; International Monetary Fund; Bickerstaffe, Rodney, General Secretary, National Union of Public Employees; McGeorge, Robert, Unemployed; Pahl, Prof. Ray, Research Professor in Sociology at the University of Kent; Horsley, Nicholas, Deputy Chairman, Northern Foods; Boreham, Sir John, Former head of Government Statistical Services; Griffiths, Sir Roy, Managing Director of J Sainsbury Plc; Hutchins, Nikki, Part-time worker, Access; Laker, Maurice, Unemployed; Sheuppert, C.C., Hilger Analytical; Caulcott, Thomas (Tom), Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council; Lacey, Sylvia, Part-time worker, Access; Warner, Jill, part time worker, Access; Hill, Michael, Self employed decorator; Friday, Adrian, Assistant Manager, Shipping Company;
The Thatcher Effect - The Rich
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 1 April 1987
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- David Morton
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
- Cast
- Morse, Sir Jeremy, Chairman, Lloyds Bank former Director, Bank of England former Directory, International Monetary Fund; Hoskyns, Sir John, Director General, Institute of Directors; Kay, Prof. John, Economist, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Director of the Centre of Business Strategy, London Business School, Progressor of Industrial policy, London Business School; Page, Jenny, Former Civil servant, Environment Department, Senior Vice President, Pallas Investments; Boreham, Sir John, Former Head of Government Statistical Services; Nunneley, Charles, Chairman, Robert Fleming & Co Ltd; Law, Sue, Lending Manager in Personal Banking Services; Warner, Jill, Part-time worker Access; Taylor, Brian, Managing Director, Wardle Storeys Plc.; Thompson, Valerie, Former Director, Salomon Brothers; Morris, John, Member, Board of Management, Druce and Co; Fraser, Sir Ian, Former Chairman, Lazard Brothers; Coyne, John, Director Centre for Management; Moulton, John, Managing Partner, Schroder Enterprises; Green, Sir Owen, Chairman and Chief Executive, BTR, Plc; Lewinton, Christopher, Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, TI Group
The Thatcher Effect - The Public Servants
Source: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 8 April 1987
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- David Morton
- Presenter
- Mary Goldring
- Cast
- Scholey, Robert(Bob), Chief Executive, British Steel Corporation; Hoskyns, Sir John, Director General, Institute of Directors; Bickerstaffe, Rodney, General Secretary, National Union of Public Employees; Banham, John, Director General of the CBI. Controller, Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales; Page, Jenny, Former civil servant, Envrionment Department. Senior Vice-President, Pallas Investments; Shelbourne, Sir Philip, Chairman of Britoil; Boreham, Sir John, Former Head of Government Statistical Services; Jackson, Bill, Chief Executive, Kent County Council; Griffiths, Sir Roy, Managing director of J Sainsbury Plc; Caulcott, Thomas (Tom), Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council; Taylor, Stephen, Director, Kinsley Lord Management; Beesley, Ian, Former Head of Government Efficiency Unit, now of Price Waterhouse & Co; Watts, Roy, Chairman, Thames Water Authority; Reid, Bob, Chairman and Chief Executive, Shell UK; Ward, Reg, Chief Executive, London Docklands Development Corporation;
Enter the Regulators
There's a new breed of public official about -the people who superintend the private sector in the public's interest. How will they influence the shape of the economy?
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 11 May 1989 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Fraser Steel
- Cast
- David Walker
The Rt Hon John Smith, QC, MP
The Rt. Hon John Smith, QC, MP, in conversation with Peter Hennessy
SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 18 May 1989 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Caroline Anstey
- Presenter
- Peter Hennessy
The Doctors' Dilemma
The Government promises that its health service reforms will produce a better service for patients. But what are the ethical implications of practice budgets, opted-out hospitals and an internal market in health care?
DATA SOURCE: Radio Times
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 1 June 1989 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Producer
- Nicola Meyrick
- Editor
- Caroline Anstey
- Credits
- Dawson, Dr John, Doctor, Head of the Professional Division, British Medical Association; Cook, Robin, Labour shadow cabinet spokesman on Europe Manager of Neil Kinnock's leadership campaign, Labour party; Clarke, Rt. Hon. Kenneth, Minister for Trade and Industry. Secretary of State for Health; Maxwell, Dr. Robert, Chief Executive, The King's Fund; Turner-Warwick, Prof. Margaret, Consultant Chest Physician and President of the Royal College of Physicians; Green, Dr David, Director of the Health Unit, Institute of Economic Affairs; Jarman, Prof. Brian, Professor of General Practice, St Mary's Hospital; Hayes MP, Jerry, Member of Commons Select Committee on Health and Social Services; Lockwood, Dr Michael, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford; Maynard, Prof. Alan, Health Economist, University of York; Harris, Toby, Director, Association of Community Health Councils
- Notes
- Transmission Start Time: 20:00
Supply-Side Unionism
After a steep decline in trade union membership and power, some union leaders are reassessing their role both in the economy and in the Labour Party.
- Broadcast details
- BBC Radio 4, 22 June 1989 (45 minutes)
- Production company
- BBC
- Medium
- Radio
- Genre
- current affairs
- Director
- Nicola Meyrick
- Presenter
- John Eidinow