‘BBC - Talk at residential conference and other BBC talks’, 1990 - 1993
Scope and Contents
File containing a mix of talks by P D James and cuttings and publications relating to the BBC, including:
Ariel, 27 May 1993, a BBC publication, containing articles on the BBC’s response to a green paper on its future;
Speech by Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox on 19 May 1993 on ‘The Role of the BBC Governors. Managers or Public representatives? Their handling of complaints’;
‘The Future of the BBC’: 6 page typescript paper by PDJ for a meeting on 8 February 1993;
Response to same by the Royal Society of Literature, 1993;
Two typescript drafts of a paper by PDJ on the BBC and Public Service Broadcasting, written at the end of her first two years as a Governor of the BBC to clarify her thoughts and set down impressions of the BBC [1990];
9 page typescript paper by PDJ entitled ‘The Future of the BBC’, annotated in pencil at top ‘Sent to Marmaduke Hussey 29.5.92.’;
10 page typescript paper by PDJ entitled ‘BBC - the Role of the Governors’, December 1992;
17 page typescript text of PDJ’s ‘Address to the BBC’, given on her retirement as a Governor of the BBC, 17 June 1993.
Dates
- Creation: 1990 - 1993
Creator
- From the Fonds: James, Phyllis Dorothy White, 1920 - 2014 (Baroness James of Holland Park, author) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
P D James' agent will be informed of any usage of the collection. Please contact the archivist for more information.
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by P D James’ family December 2016.
Originator(s)
James, P D
Finding aid date
2017-05-16 13:57:15+00:00
Repository Details
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