GEORGE THOMAS, MR SPEAKER

By Viscount Tonypandy

Synopsis

Thomas George Thomas, was a Labour politician and Speaker of the House of Commons. During Thomas' term of office, the first broadcasting of Parliamentary proceedings brought him unprecedented public attention. In 1983 he retired and was created Viscount Tonypandy, one of the last creations of a hereditary peerage.

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Narrator John Hobday
Length 10hrs
Catalogue No. 11500
Publisher Arrow; 1986