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UNINA9910452294903321 |
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Autore |
Hendy David |
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Titolo |
Life on air [[electronic resource] ] : a history of Radio Four / / David Hendy |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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1-281-16402-X |
9786611164027 |
0-19-153026-3 |
1-4356-0705-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (549 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Radio broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-488) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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