02590nam 2200577Ia 450 991077810150332120230207225001.01-383-03871-61-281-16402-X97866111640270-19-153026-31-4356-0705-8(CKB)1000000000479373(EBL)415490(OCoLC)476242755(SSID)ssj0000192210(PQKBManifestationID)11196869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192210(PQKBWorkID)10204563(PQKB)11317495(Au-PeEL)EBL415490(CaPaEBR)ebr10194202(CaONFJC)MIL116402(MiAaPQ)EBC415490(EXLCZ)99100000000047937320070525d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife on air[electronic resource] a history of Radio Four /David HendyOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (549 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-955024-7 0-19-924881-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-488) and index.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; IndexRadio 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 lisRadio broadcastingSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryRadio broadcastingSocial aspectsHistory384.540941Hendy David532799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778101503321Life on air3842423UNINA