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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 9, 2016 19:31:05 GMT
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jan 28, 2016 11:28:57 GMT
Given the fact that 2016 is the 50th anniversary of the 1966 general election (and that Easter Monday is three days before that anniversary) I think it's very likely that BBC Parliament will replay that election on Easter Monday, therefore between now and then I shall complete my uploading of that election in the hope that someone who is able to get a better quality signal than I can on my DVD player will be able to upload a high quality recording of the transmission after the event.
Also, as I am game if anyone else is, shall we do a Twitter commentary on that election (if it is broadcast on Easter Monday?)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 28, 2016 10:10:35 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 11, 2016 12:34:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 11:46:19 GMT
I note that it commences at 8.20am and runs until midnight - 15 hours 40 minutes with one changeover at 3.10pm. I will have to record it as it is too long to watch in one stint and Easter Monday does entail having to do other things in the course of the day for me.
It will be interesting to compare with 1997 where Labour wins some seats that it did not manage in 1997 and fails to win quite a few seats it did win in 1997. Obviously most constituencies had undergone at least two reviews in the intervening period which would account for most of this.
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Mar 23, 2016 18:47:36 GMT
I note that it commences at 8.20am and runs until midnight - 15 hours 40 minutes with one changeover at 3.10pm. I will have to record it as it is too long to watch in one stint and Easter Monday does entail having to do other things in the course of the day for me. It will be interesting to compare with 1997 where Labour wins some seats that it did not manage in 1997 and fails to win quite a few seats it did win in 1997. Obviously most constituencies had undergone at least two reviews in the intervening period which would account for most of this. I've already compiled the battlegrounds for the Conservatives, Labour and Liberals for 1966 and here's the list of Labour targets for 1966 Number Name of constituency Lab 1 Reading 0.01% 2 Eton and Slough 0.01% 3 Preston North 0.02% 4 Hornchurch 0.16% 5 Norfolk South West 0.18% 6 Bedfordshire South 0.25% 7 Southampton, Test 0.34% 8 Plymouth, Sutton 0.36% 9 Lewisham North 0.45% 10 Norwood 0.58% 11 Walthamstow East 0.60% 12 Portsmouth West 0.67% 13 Uxbridge 0.69% 14 Monmouth 0.70% 15 Berwick and East Lothian 0.73% 16 Brentford and Chiswick 0.89% 17 Birmingham, Perry Barr 0.93% 18 Dorset South 0.96% 19 York 1.05% 20 Lewisham West 1.09% 21 Bristol North West 1.12% 22 Billericay 1.15% 23 Bristol North East 1.26% 24 Oxford 1.38% 25 Hendon North 1.40% 26 Cambridge 1.45% 27 Sheffield, Heeley 1.48% 28 Chislehurst 1.51% 29 Exeter 1.56% 30 Maldon 1.61% 31 High Peak 1.62% 32 Ilford South 1.72% 33 Stretford 1.75% 34 Bebington 1.86% 35 Middleton and Prestwich 1.92% 36 Rugby 1.98% 37 Hampstead 2.00% 38 Eastleigh 2.03% 39 Ayr 2.22% 40 Yarmouth 2.22% 41 Nottingham South 2.48% 42 Smethwick 2.53% 43 Peterborough 2.53% 44 Rushcliffe 2.64% 45 Lowestoft 2.70% 46 Edinburgh, Pentlands 2.72% 47 Croydon South 2.75% 48 Glasgow, Cathcart 2.91% 49 Caithness and Sutherland 2.92% 50 Norfolk South 2.93% 51 Harrow East 2.94% 52 Stroud 2.95% 53 The Wrekin 3.01% 54 Hertford 3.15% 55 Gloucestershire South 3.21% 56 Burton 3.24% 57 Somerset North 3.27% 58 Bedford 3.32% 59 Merton and Morden 3.41% 60 Brierley Hill 3.43% 61 Hemel Hempstead 3.49% 62 Colchester 3.49% 63 Lancaster 3.53% 64 Mitcham 3.63% 65 Cardiff North 3.70% 66 Cardiganshire 3.71% 67 Aberdeen South 3.90% 68 Southend East 3.96% 69 Bradford West 4.02% 70 Barry 4.03% 71 Plymouth, Devonport 4.04% 72 Bath 4.14% 73 Hornsey 4.20% 74 Bexley 4.23% 75 Chigwell 4.25% 76 Northamptonshire South 4.27% 77 Heston and Isleworth 4.28% 78 Devizes 4.37% 79 Banbury 4.43% 80 Shipley 4.44% 81 Croydon North East 4.50% 82 Truro 4.55% 83 Yeovil 4.61% 84 Conway 4.75% 85 Dumfries 4.75% 86 Hertfordshire South West 4.91% 87 Darwen 4.93% 88 Bury St Edmunds 4.96% 89 Taunton 5.17% 90 Westbury 5.30% 91 Carlton 5.34% 92 Holland with Boston 5.36% 93 Newbury 5.45% 94 Bedfordshire Mid 5.46% 95 Rutland and Stamford 5.53% 96 Clitheroe 5.63% 97 Wallasey 5.68% 98 Bromsgrove 5.71% 99 Abingdon 5.72% 100 Spelthorne 5.75% |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 24, 2016 12:19:25 GMT
In addition to the 1966 election on Monday, BBC Parliament are also celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jim Callaghan becoming PM next Sunday:
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 26, 2016 13:15:39 GMT
Although it's BBC coverage on Monday this link includes the TV Times for the 1966 Election:- www.dropbox.com/sh/xkjujf342u4i4nu/AABxt3vT3xQCRnUGTpxaB9Zxa?dl=0There's Hugh Berrington's 'Instant Reckoner' etc. Wonder what happened to the clairvoyant who was forecasting a Tory victory? For Conservative supporters the cloud lifted somewhat six weeks later when Labour suffered indifferent local election results - lost 16 towns & cities. I've dug out the 'little elections' i.e. the UDCs for parts of the West Riding. Polling Day was Saturday 14th May and clashed with the FA Cup. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 27, 2016 12:32:55 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 27, 2016 19:45:48 GMT
I've put Andy Roth's 'forecast sheets' for 1966 in the Dropbox. He's a bit scathing about David Butler:- www.dropbox.com/sh/xkjujf342u4i4nu/AABxt3vT3xQCRnUGTpxaB9Zxa?dl=0Perhaps one day we'll see the ITV 1974 (both) coverage uploaded. I'm that they were equal to if not superior (especially the graphics) to the BBC. Certainly ITV's Oct '74 forecast was far more accurate than the BBC's. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 27, 2016 20:02:48 GMT
I'd like to see the ITN 1964 and 1966 programmes, mostly because they were preserved on videotape - the BBC used telerecording in this period. The 1964 programme was standards converted to 625 line some time after, through a cheap camera copy process which considerably degraded the picture quality; I'm not sure if they kept the original tapes.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 1, 2016 21:04:58 GMT
Here's the running order for Callaghan Night:
19:00 Callaghan Night
An evening of archive programmes looking back at James Callaghan's time as Prime Minister.
19:05 Panorama, March 1976
A look at the Labour leadership contenders James Callaghan, Denis Healey and Michael Foot.
19:35 Panorama, October 1976
Archive Panorama programme looking at the UK's financial bailout by the IMF.
20:30 Tonight, March 1977
BBC current affairs programme Tonight looks at the Lib-Lab pact.
21:10 Panorama, February '79
Presented by Robin Day and featuring an extended interview with James Callaghan.
21:30 Tonight, March 1979
From Westminster, on the night the government was defeated in a vote of no confidence.
22:15 James Callaghan Lecture
Lord Morgan delivers a lecture on James Callaghan, from Tuesday 19 January.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2016 8:01:10 GMT
I've put Andy Roth's 'forecast sheets' for 1966 in the Dropbox. He's a bit scathing about David Butler:- www.dropbox.com/sh/xkjujf342u4i4nu/AABxt3vT3xQCRnUGTpxaB9Zxa?dl=0Perhaps one day we'll see the ITV 1974 (both) coverage uploaded. I'm that they were equal to if not superior (especially the graphics) to the BBC. Certainly ITV's Oct '74 forecast was far more accurate than the BBC's. I'd be particularly interested to see the February 1974 programme in case it provides any information we don't yet know about regarding their notional election calculations for 1970 - which they appear to have long forgotten about. This is what Colin Rallings told me by e-mail: At least I managed to obtain the BBC notionals. |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Apr 2, 2016 9:02:21 GMT
Really swanarcadian? Really truly? The 1970 notionals that allow the BBC to state that if the 1970 election had been carried out on those boundaries the Conservatives would have won 338 seats, Labour 284 seats, the Liberals 6 and the Others on 7? Then pray sir, post it! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2016 13:41:32 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 3, 2016 18:39:56 GMT
BBC Parliament has ƒucked up the aspect ratio.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 26, 2016 20:06:43 GMT
An evening of archive from the 1975 referendum on BBC Parliament on Sunday 5 June called '75: Not Out'.
7.0 pm Introduction from Angela Rippon
7.05 Referendum broadcast by the National Referendum Campaign
7.15 Oxford Union debate. TX 3.6.75
8.05 Referendum broadcast by Britain in Europe
8.15 'A selection of headliners and chart-toppers from 1975'
8.45 Newsday - including interview with Margaret Thatcher. TX 2.6.75
9.0 Panorama. Debate between Roy Jenkins and Tony Benn. TX 2.6.75
9.50 Bernard Falk talks to British expats in Brussels.
10.0 Oxford Union debate part 2. TX 3.6.75
11.0 News coverage on referendum day. TX 5.6.75
11.05pm - 1.05 am Coverage of the results declarations. TX 6.6.75
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 29, 2016 18:45:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 9:43:17 GMT
An evening of archive from the 1975 referendum on BBC Parliament on Sunday 5 June called '75: Not Out'. 7.0 pm Introduction from Angela Rippon 7.05 Referendum broadcast by the National Referendum Campaign 7.15 Oxford Union debate. TX 3.6.75 8.05 Referendum broadcast by Britain in Europe 8.15 'A selection of headliners and chart-toppers from 1975' 8.45 Newsday - including interview with Margaret Thatcher. TX 2.6.75 9.0 Panorama. Debate between Roy Jenkins and Tony Benn. TX 2.6.75 9.50 Bernard Falk talks to British expats in Brussels. 10.0 Oxford Union debate part 2. TX 3.6.75 11.0 News coverage on referendum day. TX 5.6.75 11.05pm - 1.05 am Coverage of the results declarations. TX 6.6.75They're leaving the best bit till late, and I'm back at work tomorrow. Is the whole of this part on YouTube or is it worth catching on iPlayer? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 5, 2016 13:32:59 GMT
An evening of archive from the 1975 referendum on BBC Parliament on Sunday 5 June called '75: Not Out'. 11.05pm - 1.05 am Coverage of the results declarations. TX 6.6.75They're leaving the best bit till late, and I'm back at work tomorrow. Is the whole of this part on YouTube or is it worth catching on iPlayer? I wouldn't get your hopes up. It's the same two hour block that's been shown at least twice before, and you can already see it on iPlayer right now: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074zkj/the-1975-referendum-result |
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