The Nation's Favourite : True Adventures of Radio 1 - Softcover

Simon Garfield

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571197353 ISBN 13: 9780571197354

Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This is an account of a year in the life of BBC Radio 1 during a period when attempts were being made to reverse a trend which had seen the loss of millions of listeners and the departure of leading disc jockeys. The author was allowed behind-the-scenes access, including management meetings.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Garfield was born in 1960. He is the author of Expensive Habits: The Dark Side of the Industry, The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1, Mauve, The Last Journey of William Huskisson, The Error World and the Mass Observation trilogy Our Hidden Lives, Private Battles and We Are At War. Mini: the True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car was published in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0571197353
• ISBN 13: 9780571197354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240