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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452294903321

Autore

Hendy David

Titolo

Life on air [[electronic resource] ] : a history of Radio Four / / David Hendy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16402-X

9786611164027

0-19-153026-3

1-4356-0705-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (549 p.)

Disciplina

384.540941

Soggetti

Radio broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-488) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; A Note on Terminology; Introduction; PART I. REFORMATION: C.1963-1976; PART II. COUNTER-REFORMATION: C.1976-1983; PART III. LISTENER POWER: C.1983-1997; Epilogue: 1997 and Since; Timeline of Personnel; Timeline of Key Events; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Radio Four has been described as 'the greatest broadcasting channel in the world', 'the heartbeat of the BBC', and a cultural icon of Britishness. In this first major behind-the-scenes account of the station's history, David Hendy draws on the BBC's vast archives and interviews with key personnel to tell the compelling inside stories behind its best-loved programmes like Today, The Archers, Gardeners' Question Time, and the Shipping Forecast. From its birth in 1967, Hendy. explores the station's struggle to justify itself in a television age amid passionate disputes with its fiercely loyal lis