Industrial Action | 3 Day Week | Miners Dispute |This Week | 1978
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'This Week' has returned to the eventful winter of 1973/4 to ask what the turning points were, and whether those involved accept that the outcome was inevitable. And startling admissions are made.
Thames Televisions Liew Gardner interviews the prominent figures about the the time the country experienced power outages and the infamous three day week.
Interviewees:
RT. HON PETER WALKER MP
MICHAEL MCGAHEY.
LORD AMRSTONG
JOE GORMLEY
SIR DEREK EZRA
RT. HON JAMES PRIOR. NP,
LEN MURRAY
JOHN SELWN CUMMER
First shown: 16/03/1978
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Heath noticeable by his absence in this excellent programme. Shows how old im getting as most of the people featured in this programme were then the age i am now,,,,,
I was a toddler when this was made, mid 40s now.
1.33 that's Fulton McKay of porridge fame, Doppelganger.
I'm watching you Fletcher.
Nothing like him
I don't understand what they mean by "three day week". Do they mean you only get 72 hours electricity a week ? If it means only working 3 days a week then why is that a bad thing if they're paid for only 3 days?
Of course, you could have just Googled it. Energy was rationed, so businesses were only working for 3 days a week. If you're only paid for 3 days, you're obviously getting paid less because you're not working for 5 days' work. That's not a good thing is it? People had less money to spend, and that meant businesses also suffered because people weren't spending . It also means the country is producing far less, so there are obvious economic ramifications. Electricity to the home was also rationed and people often had to use candles and find other ways to heat their homes. Many small businesses couldn't handle it and went bust. The economic problems it caused were huge.
@@zeddeka OK. But how high were the prices of goods? They were high just before Thatcher became PM but the 3 day week was long before that
A little confused as this I’m sure would be the early seventies under Ted Heaths premiership not 1978 as at this time James Callaghan was Prime Minister
Stewart W. 👍
I think this is a programme from 1978, discussing the winter of 73.
The programme was made in 1978 looking back at the events of 1973.
1973 burning candles. 2023 got the candles back out. So glad I have a stack load of combustable wax things left by my Grandma. I could alway eat them.......................................................
Yes I was there it was 1972/3
I can remember it well
Description says John Selwyn CUMmer😂
Oh so clever. Along came Maggie and set folks free and the UK thrived!
Apart from the fishing industry and their communities and same with miners steel industry and ship building industry
And dock workers which her government distroyed
@@craiglinaker5686 and she empowered murdoch and look at how the world suffered since!
@@craiglinaker5686 Apart from the parts of the UK that had the paracite called unions.
@@davecoz4227 Murdoch should be peeled from end to end
@@craiglinaker5686 Labour did all of that.
Thames TV, stop putting an advert right after the first five seconds of each of your videos. It is pathetic and irritating. Move the ad to later on in the video.
What's pathetic and irritating is your comment. The Thames intro is classic and nostalgic. Not to mention the intro always played at the beginning when Thames was on air.
@@Eric_200 Eric, I meant that Thames TV have decided to put an advert break into their videos after the first ten seconds. Not about the superb Thames Television intro ident which I adore and always have. Read my comment again and you see what I meant.
John King in that case, please forgive my presumption. I purchased Premium a few months ago so thankfully I don’t get bombarded by those any longer. Thanks for the clarification and happy Thames-ing to you sir.
@@Eric_200 Love Thames, they treat their archive much better than the BBC, uploading so much on here for everyone to enjoy.
John King I totally agree. I love it when I see new uploads from them. Makes me happy and a little sad at the same time to watch these gems from the recent past. Britain and the West are almost unrecognisably different today so it’s nice to remember days gone by.