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Records relating to Guardian nominations for the 1980 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: advertisements for entries to the 1980 BPA; note from Ian Wright to Ken Dodd on the BPA catagories, nd; citations for nominated Guardian journalists, including David Hencke, Peter Niesewand, Anthony Tucker, Peter Large, Bryan McAllister and Peter Jenkins; programme for the 1980 BPA presentation lunch held on 10 April 1981 at The Savoy, London and a memorandum to Peter Preston and Ken Dodd concerning the judging of the competition, February 1981.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to Guardian nominations for the 1981, 1982 and 1983 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: an advertisement for entrants to the 1981 and 1982 BPA; notes and correspondence concerning nomination for the awards, November 1981 - December 1983; newspaper cuttings of articles by Nancy Banks-Smith, 1981; telex messages from Victor Zorza requesting that his nomination be withdrawn for his 'village voice' column, nd, [1982]; citations for nominated journalists, including Michael White, David Hencke, David Hirst, Nicholas de Jongh, John Carvel, Victor Zorza and Peter Jenkins and a list of entries for the 1983 BPA.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the 1984 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: an advertisement for entrants to the 1985 BPA; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Geoffrey Pinnington of the BPA concerning the judging of the awards, November 1984 - March 1985; citations for nominated Guardian journalists, graphic artists and photographers, including Denis Thorpe, Paul Brown, Gareth Parry, Paul Keel, David Fairhall, Michael White, John Carvel, Aileen Ballantyne, Stephen Cook, Andrew Veitch, Keith Harper, Peter Hetherington, Patrick Wintour, Matthew Engel, Don McPhee, Hamish McRae, Victor Keegan, Christopher Huhne, Peter Clarke and Alex Hamilton, nd, [1984]; shorlists of candidates arranged by catagory, with judges comments and scores, nd, [c1985] and a paper announcing the 1984 award winners, 29 March 1985.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the 1985 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: adverts for entries for the 1985 BPA; correspondence between Ken Dodd and David Tyler (BPA awards secretary) concerning Dodd's work as a BPA judge, December 1985 - May 1986; lists of candidates, arranged by category, with judges comments and scores, nd, [early 1986] and a paper announcing the 1985 BPA winners, 27 March 1986.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the 1986 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: adverts for entrants to the 1986 BPA; correspondence between Ken Dodd and David Tyler (BPA awards secretary) concerning Dodd's work as a BPA judge, November 1986 - March 1987; correspondence concerning the cost of the BPA, November 1986 and lists of candidates, arranged by category, with judges comments and scores, nd, [early 1987].
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the 1987 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: a list of candidates, arranged by category, with judges notes and scores, nd, [early 1988]; correspondence between Ken Dodd and David Tyler (BPA awards secretary) concerning a request to see the entries under the 'young' category, January 1988 - April 1988 and the BPA ceremony, May 1988 and a paper announcing the winners of the 1987 BPA, 30 March 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the 198 British Press Awards (BPA).

Includes: an advertisement for entries to the 1988 BPA; correspondence between Henry Roche, Ken Dodd and T Loynes, editor, UK Press Gazette, concerning the nomination of Ken Dodd as a BPA judge, January 1989, the judging of the BPA, March 1989 - May 1989 and future of the BPA, July 1989 - August 1989; list of all BPA entries, nd, [early 1989]; lists of candidates, arranged by category, with judges comments and scores, March 1989; judges notes on shortlisted candidates, nd, [early 1989]; programme for the 1988 BPA produced by the UK Press Gazette, 1988 and a press release announcing the Post Office as the new sponsors of the BPA, October 1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Creator: Hamilton-West; Edward (1933-2011); photographer

Five copies of a colour advert with sound, showing Britsh Prime Ministers wearing angry facial expressions, set to classical music:

a. The advert shows a series of still black and white photographs of 9 British Prime Ministers, from William Pitt the Younger to Margaret Thatcher, each slowly morphing into shots of the person wearing an angry or miserable expression.

Commentary: "Since 1791 there have been 57 Britsh Prime Ministers. The Observer has annoyed every single one of them. Can you think of a better reason to read a newspaper?"

(Unspoken) tagline: "A different set of values. A different kind of paper."

The advert starts at 10.51 on the 'Historical Reel 1976 - 1989' mp4 file. Duration: 37 seconds.

b. Duplicate of version (a) with a shorter end frame on the 'Historical Reel 1985 - 1995' VHS and mp4 file.The advert starts at 07.38 on the mp4 file. Duration: 30 seconds.

c. Duplicate with green tint on a separate VHS tape and mov file. The advert starts at 02.33 on the mov file. Duration: 34 seconds.

d. Duplicate of version (c) on the same VHS tape and mov file. The advert starts at 03.21 on the mov file. Duration: 44 seconds.

e. Duplicate of versions (a & b) on a separate VHS and mp4, with the picture off-centre in the frame. The advert starts at 0.01 on the mp4 file. Duration: 38 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

General file regarding the British Printing Corporation (BPC).

Contains correspondence, reports and memorandum concerning: questionnaires; statements to shareholders; BPC annual reports; profit announcements; social occasions; agreements between the Observer and the corporation; quality issues with printing and typesetting; Purnell and Sons, publishers; news cuttings regarding Robert Maxwell; complaints; trading forecasts; cost reports; advertisements; production of the Observer Magazine; the installation of an Add-a-Card machine for printing advertisements; technical meetings.

Also contains the minutes, agendas and papers discussed for meetings of representatives of the Observer Limited and the BPC.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Maxwell; John Littlejohns; Tristan Jones; John Pollock; JM Pickard.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison