1988 Oct 3 - 1989 Apr 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2593
Broadcasting (Broadcasting policy) (Part 7)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 403 |
| Any docs withheld? |
PREM19/2593 - download whole file (PDF, 30.66 MB)
Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 60 of 83
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Jan 17 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham note for the record (MT-George Russell) [C4, right of preview, ITC discretion] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Feb 2 Th | Minor | Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Waddington PS ("Debate on the Broadcasting White Paper") [text for motion] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Feb 17 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: John Wheeler MP letter to MT (meeting to discuss broadcasting policy, particularly BBC) [Wheeler suggests license fee should be no different from water charges; MT: "Nonsense. You must have water ... you don't need a BBC"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 6 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Hurd PS briefing for MT (meeting with John Wheeler) [BBC night hours, licence fee] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 17 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Paul Gray (Broadcasting White Paper) [competitive tendering] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 22 We | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Policy (MISC 128)") [decisions on local services] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 28 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("MISC 128: Implementing the Broadcasting White Paper") [C4, quality threshold, ownership, night hours, transmission, local services] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 31 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Meeting with John Wheeler on 4 April") [points for discussion] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 4 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-John Wheeler) [position of BBC] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 6 Th | Major | Broadcasting: David Young minute to MT ("MISC 128: Monitoring the 25% Initiative") [BBC made it clear they would not comply voluntarily] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 7 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Ministerial Group of Broadcasting Services (MISC 128)") [membership of group] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 8 Sa | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Robin Butler ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services (MISC 128)") [inclusion of Russell, Rifkind, Howe, Baker] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 10 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Local Services") [proposed new framework] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 13 Th | Minor | Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("MISC 128: Monitoring the 25% Initiative") [approves proposed scheme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths note for MT ("Broadcasting: No.10 meeting on the quality factor") ["little value", "a lobbying exercise by the industry to limit competition"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: local services and Channel 6") [revised proposals for cable to ease entry; drop Channel 6 idea] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Channel 4") [rejects idea of guaranteed income for C4 and ownership by ITC; privatisation "remains an attractive option"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("MISC 128: implementing the broadcasting White Paper") [sceptical of Home Secretary's points on quality, power of ITC; Home Office "never that happy with the White Paper"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: ownership") [Home Secretary's proposals designed to "clip the wings of a Murdoch or a Maxwell", but real beneficiaries will be existing franchise holders; "the unacceptable face of a new protectionist Europe"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (terrestrial TV) [should not pursue a 6th channel yet] [declassified Dec 2016] |