Contemporary views of a rapidly unfolding crisis with implications for the North East and beyond.

The Falklands Crisis was an undeclared war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, which lasted 74 days. The crisis began in April 1982, when Argentinian forces invaded the British Falkland Islands, and then South Georgia. The British government were swift to dispatch a naval task force, which caused particular anxiety in the North East for the many families who had connections with the Royal Navy. Along with coalmines and shipyards, the military had been a major employer in the North East for generations, and an armed conflict would put local lives at risk.

A special edition of this regional current affairs programme to discuss the Falklands crisis speaking with three European parliamentarians asking what support Europe will give Britain. In the second part of the programme MPs from Labour, the Conservatives and the SDP discuss the growing crisis in the South Atlantic.