1979 Jul 6 - 1985 Mar 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1422
Broadcasting (Television licence fees: finances of BBC; pay in the BBC; review of external services) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 407 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 81 - 100 of 108
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Dec 13 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Robin Butler note to MT (BBC) [complications around possible meeting] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham note of conversation (MT-Ian McIntyre, Controller BBC Radio 3) [BBC never adapting to loss of its broadcasting monopoly, has become "a powerful state within a state"; licence fee, programme quality, External Services] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 4 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Lord Gowrie letter to Tim Renton (BBC transmission) [decision on proposed site] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 8 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("BBC Licence Fee") [BBC pitch for licence settlement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 8 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: David Barclay minute to MT ("Meeting with the Home Secretary: Broadcasting") [licence fee, review of BBC funding] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 9 We | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Brittan) [MT's concerns about BBC's journalistic standards] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Nigel Lawson ("BBC Accounts") [departs from standard accounting practice] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC Accounts") [BBC practice enables it to appear to be hard up] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 4 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Review of BBC External Services") [publication of report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 4 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [presentation of government's view] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 14 Th | Minor | Broadcasting: David Einstein letter to MT (Week in Politics interview) [high audience figures] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 25 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC Licence Fee") [calculations for licence settlement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 27 We | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Brittan) [BBC application for licence fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 28 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to MT ("Financing the BBC") [licence fee settlement, establishment of inquiry] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 28 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Review of BBC External Services") [recommendations on the report's conclusions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Financing the BBC") [appointment of Peacock inquiry] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Broadcasting: Robin Butler minute to Robert Armstrong (Financing the BBC) [possiblity of Peacock as chairman for inquiry] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Brittan) [inquiry into financing the BBC] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Robert Armstrong minute to Robin Butler ("Financing the BBC") [possible chairmen for inquiry] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Norman Tebbit minute to MT ("Financing the BBC") [appointment of Peacock review] [declassified Dec 2014] |