Diary 1993
MS. 12864/52
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Diary 1993
Shelfmark
MS. 12864/52
Summary
Also includes entries for 29-31 December 1992.
Subjects discussed in this diary include: press coverage of Mary Whitehouse, broadcasting and morality; interviews and broadcasts; sex and violence on television and in film; Mary Whitehouse's plans to retire and the future of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association; satellite television and pornography (7 January); The Dave Allen Show (13-14 January); work on and publication of book Quite Contrary by Mary Whitehouse (17 January); ITV documentary [ Murder in Mind] featuring interview with [Dennis Nilsen] (26-28 January); murder of James Bulger (15 February-1 March, 2 November); Casualty (1 March); film The Krays (5-8 April); sex education; the war in Bosnia; BBC adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover (13 May-14 June); "Use a condom week" (6-9 August); BBC 2's night of television programmes celebrating the 1960s (17 August-8 September); Conservative Party conference (8 October); rescinding of a ban on film A Clockwork Orange (22 October); Greysteel massacre (30 October-1 November); financial advisors Knight Williams and Co Ltd (15 November); television programme The Buddha of Suburbia (17-18 November).
Date
Bulk, 1993
1992-1993
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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