Life on the air : a history of Radio Four / David Hendy.
"David Hendy draws on new interviews and privileged access to the BBC's vast archives to illuminate the controversies behind the creation of some of Radio Four's most popular programmes. He reveals the station's struggle to justify itself in a television age favouring clear brand...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Summary: | "David Hendy draws on new interviews and privileged access to the BBC's vast archives to illuminate the controversies behind the creation of some of Radio Four's most popular programmes. He reveals the station's struggle to justify itself in a television age favouring clear branding and tightly-targeted audiences - a struggle that has led to passionate disputes between the BBC and its fiercely loyal, highly influential listeners. This story is about more than the survival of one radio network. Radio Four has been a lightning rod for all sorts of wider social anxieties over the past forty years, and the story of its development is at the same time a compelling insight into the very nature of British life and culture."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 518 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780199248810 (hbk.) : 0199248818 (hbk.) : |