Series
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.
Episode Number
S0358
Episode
Reason and Politics
Producing Organization
Southern Educational Communications Association
South Carolina Educational Television Network
Contributing Organization
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/514-0r9m32nw6g
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Description
Episode Description
Sir Keith had served as Secretary of State for Social Services in the Heath government and had been regarded as a Tory "wet," but since then he had blossomed as a conservative theorist, particularly on social issues. He and his host range over questions of taxation, illegitimacy, class warfare, nationalized health care, and more, at a level of concreteness that always brings us along with them. KJ: "I was in charge of the health service for four years, and I think this is still the best country in the world in which to have a serious accident or a serious illness. If you want to have a serious accident--" WFB: "Schedule it here." KJ: "Schedule it here. But if you want to have a relatively minor one or a long one or a handicap or a disadvantage like arthritis or rheumatism or deafness--not in Britain."
Series Description
The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
Date
1979-02-12
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Public Affairs
Subjects
Politics and government; Great Britain; Medical Care; social policy
Rights
Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
Media type
Moving Image
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Credits
Guest: Joseph, Keith
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.601 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 1:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0358; Reason and Politics,” 1979-02-12, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 13, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0r9m32nw6g.
MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0358; Reason and Politics.” 1979-02-12. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 13, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0r9m32nw6g>.
APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0358; Reason and Politics. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0r9m32nw6g