Ban This Filth!: Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive: Correspondence from the Mary Whitehouse Archives 1963-2001

Thompson/ Whitehouse, Ben / Mary

ISBN 10: 0571281494 / ISBN 13: 9780571281497

Published by Faber & Faber, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ban This Filth!: Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive: Correspondence from the Mary Whitehouse Archives 1963-2001
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571281494
• ISBN 13: 9780571281497
• Binding: Main edition
• Condition: fine/fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

In 1964, Mary Whitehouse launched the Clean Up TV Campaign to fight what she called the 'propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt' being broadcast by radio and television, politicians, pop stars and playwrights. The movement, with Whitehouse as figurehead, became the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association. Drawn from the Association's archive, this collection of letters reveals something of both the state of the nation's cultural life and of Mrs Whitehouse herself, its embattled moral guardian.

About the Author

Ben Thompson is one of Britain's most respected cultural critics. He currently contributes to the Financial Times, Mojo and the Sunday Telegraph. As well as two critically acclaimed collections of rock journalism (Seven Years of Plenty and Ways of Hearing) and a landmark history of modern British comedy (Sunshine on Putty), he has co-written memoirs with Vic Reeves (Me Moir), Phil Daniels (Class Actor), Mike Skinner (The Story of the Streets), Dizzee Rascal (The Dirtee Truth), and others who would prefer the collaborative nature of their bestselling autobiographical endeavours to remain a private matter.