LEADER 03861nam 22007095 450 001 9910483440703321 005 20251030103553.0 010 $a9781137318558 010 $a1137318554 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-31855-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000009844717 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5979192 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-31855-8 035 $a(Perlego)3486334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5979186 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009844717 100 $a20191114d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBBC World Service $eOverseas Broadcasting, 1932?2018 /$fby Gordon Johnston, Emma Robertson 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (344 pages) 311 08$a9781349595228 311 08$a1349595225 311 08$a9780230355606 311 08$a0230355609 327 $a1. 1 From Empire to World Service: an introduction -- 2. The Empire Service and English Language Broadcasting -- 3. The BBC and Foreign Language Broadcasting -- 4. Overseas Broadcasting and the Second World War -- 5. The BBC and the Cold War -- 6. One Voice, Many Accents? The BBC and Empire after the Second World War -- 7. Security, Trust and the Future of the BBC World Service -- . 330 $aThis book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twenty-first-century incarnation as the multi-media global platform of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book provides insights into the BBC?s working relationship with the Foreign Office, the early years of the Empire Service, and the role of the BBC during the Second World War. In following the voice of the BBC through the Cold War and the contraction of the British empire, the book argues that debates about the work and purposes of the World Service have always involved deliberations about the future of the UK and its place in the world. In current times, these debates have been shaped by the British government?s commitment to leave the European Union and the centrifugal currents in British politics which in the longer term threaten the integrity of the United Kingdom. Through a detailed exploration of its past, the bookposes questions about the World Service?s possible future and argues that, for the BBC, the question is not only what it means to be a global broadcaster as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, but what it means to be a national broadcaster in a divided kingdom. 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aCommunication 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 606 $aCultural History 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aMedia and Communication 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aCommunication. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aMedia and Communication. 676 $a384.540941 700 $aJohnston$b Gordon$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0636575 702 $aRobertson$b Emma$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483440703321 996 $aBBC World Service$92849384 997 $aUNINA