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Autore: | Hendy David |
Titolo: | Life on air [[electronic resource] ] : a history of Radio Four / / David Hendy |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (549 p.) |
Disciplina: | 384.540941 |
Soggetto topico: | Radio broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Life on air |
ISBN: | 1-281-16402-X |
9786611164027 | |
0-19-153026-3 | |
1-4356-0705-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452294903321 |
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