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The Winter of Discontent was the period between late September 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public, sector trade unions demanding pay rises greater than the limits Prime Minister James Callaghan and his Labour Party government had been imposing, against Trades Union Congress (TUC) opposition, to control inflation.
The following is the 1978–79 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1978 through August 1979.
The Winter of Our Discontent, a 1983 television film, based on Steinbeck's novel The Winter of Our Discontent (album) , a 2003 album by The Echoing Green "Winter of Our Discontent" (American Horror Story) , the 8th episode of the 7th season of TV series American Horror Story
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1978–79 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1:
It was run by the Conservative Party in 1978 in anticipation that Labour Party Prime Minister James Callaghan would call a general election. It was revived for the general election campaign the next year, after the government lost a vote of no confidence in the wake of the Winter of Discontent. It was designed by advertising agency Saatchi ...
The union strikes affected Britain during the Winter of Discontent (1978–1979) as public services ground to a halt. Furthermore, inflation was back in double digits. The House of Commons passed a vote of no confidence in late March 1979, by one vote.
Show Debut March 6 The Six Million Dollar Man: 1973 March 18 Kojak: 1973 March 29 The Carol Burnett Show: 1967 March 30 Police Woman: 1974 March 31 Tattletales: April 1 The Bob Newhart Show: 1972 April 7 Quark: 1977 April 28 C.P.O. Sharkey: 1976 April 29 Maude: 1972 Another Day: 1978 May 13 The Ted Knight Show: The Bionic Woman: 1976 Columbo ...
Inspired by what Postgate referred to as the "Winter of Discontent" (a phrase from Shakespeare's play Richard III, usually employed to refer to the winter of 1978–79, but Postgate was referring to the miners' strike in the winter of 1973-74), and inspired partly by his recollections of post-war Germany, [5] it was broadcast on the night of ...