BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 1983 GENERAL ELECTION RE RUN

I AM PLEASED TO HAVE FOUND THAT THE 1983 GENERAL ELECTION IS BEING RE RUN ON BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY. HAVE JUST CLEARED A LOT OF SPACE ON THE SKY PLUS BOX.


It was the election that saw a landslide victory for the Conservatives, and a collapse in the Labour party vote; now almost 30 years on, BBC Parliament re-broadcasts the entire BBC coverage of the 1983 election.
David Dimbleby hosts the BBC's General Election programme from Thursday 9th June 1983, with results analysis by Peter Snow and Tony King, commentary from the BBC's Political Editor John Cole, and interviews by Robin Day.
Throughout the course of the election, the pollsters had been certain that a Conservative victory was inevitable and that Margaret Thatcher would be returned to Downing Street for a second term as Prime Minister.
Much of the battle took place in the race to be second, with the Alliance Party - under its dual leadership of David Steel and "Prime Minister Designate" Roy Jenkins - attempting to "break the mould" of British politics and overtake Michael Foot's Labour party.
The programme includes live coverage of declarations across the country, including Nicholas Witchell in Margaret Thatcher's Finchley constituency, Brian Hanrahan from the Blaenau Gwent seat of Michael Foot and Kate Adie and Michael Cole following David Owen and David Steel in Plymouth Devonport and Ettrick Bridge.
Meanwhile the BBC's Esther Rantzen reports from the crowds gathered in Downing Street to watch the results come in.
The 1983 election programme will be re-broadcast from 10am - 9.10pm on Monday 1 April 2013.