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The Page Three Debate

When Clare Short , MP, presented her 'Indecent Displays Bill' to the Commons, unsympathetic MPs responded with smutty and insensitive jokes. Tonight, Open Space attempts to give the issues behind the Bill a fairer hearing by inviting many of those concerned with 'Page 3' to join a formal debate from Girton College, Cambridge. The motion debated is 'this house would ban sexually provocative pictures of women from newspapers'. Speaking for the motion are Bel Mooney and Ken Livingstone , and against, Michael Gabbert and Linda Lusardi.

English
  • Originally Aired May 11, 1987
  • Network BBC Two
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