History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom - Hardcover
Now available in five volumes, Asa Briggs' History of British Broadcasting in the UK provides an exhaustive chronicle of the BBC's activities, achievements, and personnel - from the early days of wireless broadcasting and the Corporation's foundation, through its establishement as a part of home life and role in the Second World War, to the end of its monopoly and attempts to reflect the needs of a changing society.
Competition, the latest volume in Asa Briggs' monumental history, covers a period of 20 years, from the end of the BBC's monopoly in 1955 to the mid 1970s and the volumes it looks at the history of the BBC in an age of competition, so inevitably contains much fascinating material on the `independent' radio and television companies as well as the BBC. There are chapters on the reporting of the Suez Crisis, the Pilkington Committee, the governorship of Hugh Greene (the man Mary Whitehouse said was `responsible for the collapse which characterized the sixties and seventies'), Radio Piracy, the introduction of new technologies, and the BBC Jubilee.
Competition, the latest volume in Asa Briggs' monumental history, covers a period of 20 years, from the end of the BBC's monopoly in 1955 to the mid 1970s and the volumes it looks at the history of the BBC in an age of competition, so inevitably contains much fascinating material on the `independent' radio and television companies as well as the BBC. There are chapters on the reporting of the Suez Crisis, the Pilkington Committee, the governorship of Hugh Greene (the man Mary Whitehouse said was `responsible for the collapse which characterized the sixties and seventies'), Radio Piracy, the introduction of new technologies, and the BBC Jubilee.
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A leading historian and expert on the BBC, and the author of numerous classic scholarly publications, Asa Briggs is Chancellor of the Open University, and Vice-President of the Historical Society.
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"With this volume Briggs completes his magisterial study of broadcasting in the UK....This is detailed, articulate, and important reading for anyone who wishes to understand the current debate over the future of public-service broadcasting."--Choice
"...it is a definitive and indispensable work. Each volume of the series is stuffed with information and of compelling interest both to broadcasting specialists and to historians of British politics, culture, social values, and of all that happened in the United Kingdom between the birth of broadcasting and the end of the BBC's monopoly."--American Historical Review
A leading historian and expert on the BBC, and the author of numerous classic scholarly publications, Asa Briggs is Chancellor of the Open University, and Vice-President of the Historical Society.
"With this volume Briggs completes his magisterial study of broadcasting in the UK....This is detailed, articulate, and important reading for anyone who wishes to understand the current debate over the future of public-service broadcasting."--Choice
"...it is a definitive and indispensable work. Each volume of the series is stuffed with information and of compelling interest both to broadcasting specialists and to historians of British politics, culture, social values, and of all that happened in the United Kingdom between the birth of broadcasting and the end of the BBC's monopoly."--American Historical Review
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 019215964X
- ISBN 13 9780192159649
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages1176
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