Dossier 2 - Broadcasting

2 files; 4 video cassettes, 4 x mp4 (1.65 GB)

Alastair Hetherington undertook radio and television work as well as written journalism, and with his wife, Sheila Hetherington, set up an independent television production company, Scotquest Ltd, c1982. Various items concerning Hetherington's broadcast career are found here:

'Does Scotland need a Parliament' by Hetherington, transcript of a talk broadcast on the Scottish Home Service, 9 December 1949 with slight manuscript annotation.

'Inside BBC Scotland', three colour photographs of launch party for Hetherington's book in the Bute Hall bookshop at Glasgow University (the first two photographs are of Hetherington and Sir Kenneth Alexander, the third is of Sheila Hetherington talking to a guest, 1992).

Three VHS video cassettes, producers cuts of three different Scotquest Ltd programmes from 1984.
'Great Walks, Malham, June': Presented by Richard Gilbert, produced by Alastair Hetherington and directed by Mike Herd, this 30 minute (approx) programme was a Scotquest production for Channel 4 in 1984. Copyright Channel Four TV. Sound quality variable in places.
'Great Walks, Cape Wrath, August': Presented by Richard Gilbert (with his family), produced by Alastair Hetherington and directed by Des Bradley, this 30 minute (approx) programme was a Scotquest production for Channel 4 in 1984. Copyright Channel Four TV. Sound quality variable in places.
'Columba - Colum Cille': Written, produced and presented by Alastair Hetherington this 45 minute biographical programme was a Scotquest production for Channel 4 and RTE in1984. Copyright Channel Four TV and Radio Telefis Eireann.

A VHS video cassette, (production number ED 191189, tape number 23597) of Sky News 'The Editors' featuring Anthony Howard interviewing Hetherington including comments on Suez ('sales down 35% after 3 days, but up 40% after 7 days'), the Guardian's move to London, the Guardian's proposed merger with The Times, BBC Scotland and Hetherington's book, 'News in the Regions', which had just been published. 30 minutes (approx) in three parts, transmitted on 19 November 1989. Copyright Sky Television Plc.

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Access to videos via the GNM Digital Repository