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The BBC

Author : Tom Mills
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784784834
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The BBC written by Tom Mills and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BBC: the mouthpiece of the Establishment? The BBC is one of the most important institutions in Britain; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Despite its claim to be independent and impartial, and the constant accusations of a liberal bias, the BBC has always sided with the elite. As Tom Mills demonstrates, we are only getting the news that the Establishment wants aired in public. Throughout its existence, the BBC has been in thrall to those in power. This was true in 1926 when it stood against the workers during the General Strike, and since then the Corporation has continued to mute the voices of those who oppose the status quo: miners in 1984; anti-war protesters in 2003; those who offer alternatives to austerity economics since 2008. From the outset much of its activity has been scrutinised by the secret services at the invitation of those in charge. Since the 1990s the BBC has been integrated into the market, while its independence from government and big business has been steadily eroded. The BBC is an important and timely examination of a crucial public institution that is constantly under threat.

The BBC

Author : David Hendy
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782831940
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The BBC written by David Hendy and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Thorough and engaging ... you can't understand England without understanding the BBC' New York Times 'Fascinating and informative' Daily Telegraph 'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination' Guardian In 1922, a tiny group of men and women came together to found the BBC, using what had been a weapon of war - Marconi's wireless - to remake culture for the good of humanity. Twenty years later, when George Orwell famously quit the Corporation, he decided he was done 'doing work that produces no result'. Yet the BBC is now one of Britain's most beloved institutions. Stars once fainted at the microphone; now a select few spend their Saturdays waltzing for the nation's entertainment in front of studio cameras. From Daleks to Desert Island Discs, the BBC has blazed a trail for British entertainment. Yet it has also always been at the forefront of global change, both breaking and covering the most important stories of the century on Panorama and BBC News. This is a stirring and monumental history of the British cultural stalwart which created modern broadcasting one hundred years ago.

The BBC

Author : David Hendy
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1610397053
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The BBC written by David Hendy and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present. Doctor Who; tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles and the Stones; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: for one hundred years, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been the preeminent broadcaster in the UK and around the world, a constant source of information, comfort, and entertainment through both war and peace, feast and famine. The BBC has broadcast to over two hundred countries and in more than forty languages. Its history is a broad cultural panorama of the twentieth century itself, often, although not always, delivered in a mellifluous Oxford accent. With special access to the BBC’s archives, historian David Hendy presents a dazzling portrait of a unique institution whose cultural influence is greater than any other media organization. Mixing politics, espionage, the arts, social change, and everyday life, The BBC is a vivid social history of the organization that has provided both background commentary and screen-grabbing headlines—woven so deeply into the culture and politics of the past century that almost none of us has been left untouched by it.

This New Noise

Author : Charlotte Higgins
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 1783350733
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book This New Noise written by Charlotte Higgins and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behind the polished doors of Broadcasting House and investigates the BBC. Based on her hugely popular essay series, this personal journey answers the questions that rage around this vulnerable, maddening and uniquely British institution. Questions such as, what does the BBC mean to us now? What are the threats to its continued existence? Is it worth fighting for? Higgins traces its origins, celebrating the early pioneering spirit and unearthing forgotten characters whose imprint can still be seen on the BBC today. She explores how it forged ideas of Britishness both at home and abroad. She shows how controversy is in its DNA and brings us right up to date through interviews with grandees and loyalists, embattled press officers and high profile dissenters, and she sheds new light on recent feuds and scandals. This is a deeply researched, lyrically written, intriguing portrait of an institution at the heart of Britain.

Broadcasting Empire

Author : Simon J. Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199568960
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Broadcasting Empire written by Simon J. Potter and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how, for much of the twentieth century, the BBC supported the British empire, and how it sought to link listeners in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Considers the impact of the end of empire on British broadcasting.

Can We Trust the BBC?

Author : Robin Aitken
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408183447
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Can We Trust the BBC? written by Robin Aitken and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks a big question: can we trust the BBC? As the most famous media brand in the world, the BBC is growing bigger and more powerful every year. Its reputation depends on honest and accurate journalism. But this book argues that the Corporation's own pervasive political culture imperils its impartiality. It demonstrates how some groups and viewpoints get favourable treatment while others are left out in the cold. The book examines the concept of 'public sector broadcasting' and asks if that has come to mean simply radio and television free of commercial bias. It argues that there are other 'hidden persuaders' that we the audience should be alert to. Drawing on the author's twenty-five years as a BBC reporter and executive, the books blends analysis and sharp polemic to paint a vivid picture of life inside the news machine from a uniquely privileged point of view. It also tells the story of how the BBC responded to a dissident in its own ranks. Robin Aitken responds to the criticism of the book by many ex-BBC employees through the media spectrum on its initial publication, and details his correspondence with current employees over his decision to publish. This book is a timely contribution to the ongoing debate about public broadcasting.

The War Against the BBC

Author : Patrick Barwise
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141989416
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The War Against the BBC written by Patrick Barwise and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back. The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted news source in a world of divisive disinformation. But it is facing relentless attacks by powerful commercial and political enemies, including deep funding cuts - much deeper than most people realise - with imminent further cuts threatened. This book busts the myths about the BBC and shows us how we can save it, before it's too late.

Broadcast Over Britain

Author : John Charles Walsham Reith Baron Reith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broadcast Over Britain written by John Charles Walsham Reith Baron Reith and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox

Author : Andrew Cohen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008389330
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox written by Andrew Cohen and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.

Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922—67

Author : Martin Dibbs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319956094
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922—67 written by Martin Dibbs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a narrative history of the BBC Radio Variety Department exploring, along chronological lines, the workings of, tensions within and the impact of BBC policies on the programme-making department which generated the organisation’s largest audiences. It provides an insight into key events, personalities, programmes, internal politics and trends in popular entertainment, censorship and anti-American policy as they individually or collectively affected the Department. Martin Dibbs examines how the Department's programmes became markers in the daily and weekly lives of millions of listeners, and helped shape the nation's listening habits when radio was the dominant source of domestic entertainment. The book explores events and topics which, while not directly forming part of the Variety Department’s history, nevertheless intersected with or had an impact on it. Such topics include the BBC’s attitude to jazz and rock and roll, the arrival of television with its impact on radio, the pirate radio stations, and the Popular Music and Gramophone Departments, both of whom worked closely with the Variety Department.

Special Sound

Author : Louis Niebur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195368401
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Special Sound written by Louis Niebur and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text traces the creation and legacy of the BBC's electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, in the context of other studios in Europe and America.

Worn

Author : Sofi Thanhauser
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1524748404
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Worn written by Sofi Thanhauser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. “We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and sustained inquiry into the origins of what we wear, and what we have worn for the past 500 years." —The Washington Post In this panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories—Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool—about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis XIV to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed with lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves and knits, and how the modern Western garment industry has refashioned our attire into the homogenous and disposable uniforms popularized by fast-fashion brands. Thanhauser makes clear how the clothing industry has become one of the planet’s worst polluters and how it relies on chronically underpaid and exploited laborers. But she also shows us how micro-communities, textile companies, and clothing makers in every corner of the world are rediscovering ancestral and ethical methods for making what we wear. Drawn from years of intensive research and reporting from around the world, and brimming with fascinating stories, Worn reveals to us that our clothing comes not just from the countries listed on the tags or ready-made from our factories. It comes, as well, from deep in our histories.

Pinkoes and Traitors

Author : Jean Seaton
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847659160
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Pinkoes and Traitors written by Jean Seaton and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership. The intervening years saw mass unemployment, trade union strikes and war in Northern Ireland and the Falklands - as well as legendary BBC programmes such as Live Aid, Fawlty Towers and Dad's Army, The Singing Detective and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and David Attenborough's Life on Earth. Comprehensively revised and expanded for this new edition, Jean Seaton's perceptive study presents an absorbing analysis of an institution that both reflects Britain and has helped to define it.

The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53

Author : Thomas Hajkowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526118844
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53 written by Thomas Hajkowski and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first study of how the BBC, through radio, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The book combines an examination of the BBC's desire to construct a strong, unitary sense of Britishness (through empire and the monarchy) with a thorough consideration of the broadcasting in the non-English parts of the United Kingdom.

Banned by the BBC!

Author : Arnold Levine
Publisher : McCaa Books
ISBN 13 : 9781735807485
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Banned by the BBC! written by Arnold Levine and published by McCaa Books. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He scrambles over icy London rooftops in the dead of night, a still-warm illegal transmitter under his arm, with police in hot pursuit. What else would you expect from someone who loves Dr. Who, Monty Python, and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, although he's more Arthur Dent than Ford Prefect. Delve into the world of El Supremo, a shy kid who found his voice and passion in the world of Pirate Radio.

BBC Radio 4 Brain of Britain Ultimate Quiz Book (Collins Puzzle Books)

Author : Russell Davies
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008253315
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book BBC Radio 4 Brain of Britain Ultimate Quiz Book (Collins Puzzle Books) written by Russell Davies and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of Britain archives.

From Our Own Correspondent

Author : Tony Grant
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651062
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book From Our Own Correspondent written by Tony Grant and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flagship Radio 4 programme From Our Own Correspondent gives Britain's most celebrated reporters the chance to describe much more than they can in a normal report: context, history and characters encountered en route. And for the fiftieth anniversary of the programme Profile collected together the programme's best pieces. From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programmes for fifty years. And this book, containing dispatches from all around the world, shows why FOOC, as it is affectionately known, has become such a well-known and much-loved institution. It contains not only the observations of journalists covering the big news events of the day, but also their personal insights into how people around the world live their lives. There are dispatches from Misha Glenny in Russia, Mark Tully in India, Charles Wheeler in the USA, Jeremy Vine in the Congo, Ben Brown in Zimbabwe and Orla Guerin in the West Bank. All offer a unique perspective describing the background to events around the world as they happen.