Television News

Martin Harrison

Part 1 Introduction, The Glasgow Critique, Contours of Coverage ‘Figures’ — and Facts, Trade Unions and the Media, Case Studies I: The Glasgow Dustcart Drivers’ Strike, Case Studies II: The Problems of the Car Industry, More Case Studies, The Westminster Hospital Pay-Beds Dispute, The Imperial Tyepwriter Sit-In, Demonstrations over Closures at Ebbw Vale, Trouble at British Airways, ‘Framing’ the News, Conclusion, Part 2, News Scripts, Introduction, The Hospital Consultants’ Work-to-Contract The Problems of the Car Industry, The National Graphical Association — Newspaper, Publishers’ Association Dispute and the Daily Mirror/NATSOPA Dispute, The Glasgow Dustcart Drivers’ Strike, Scottish Ambulance Controllers’ Strike, The Imperial Typewriter Sit-In, The London Bus Strike, British Airways, The Avon Computer Strike, The British Rail Signalmen’s Strikes, The Ebbw Vale Demonstration, The Morriston Hospital Strike, The British Aircraft Corporation Sit,-In, The London Docks Containerisation Strike, Industrial Civil Servants’ Strike, The Westminster Hospital Dispute, Liverpool Dustcart Drivers’ Strike, Sealink Ferry Strike, Daily Mirror/SOGAT Dispute, Electricians’ Strikes, British Rail Workshop Supervisors’ Work to Rule, The Hull Dock Strike, The Newmarket Stable Lads’ Strike, Appendix: Harold Wilson’s speech on the car industry, 3 January 1975