THE HISTORY OF BROADCASTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: VOLUME V: COMPETITION by Asa Briggs ( 9780192159649 )

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THE HISTORY OF BROADCASTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: VOLUME V: COMPETITION

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Asa Briggs

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

23 March, 1995

Series:

The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom

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1206

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Like many of the stories it broadcasts to the population, the BBC itself is often headline news. A constant source of debate, and a profound influence on many millions of lives, the British Broadcasting Corporation's charter has recently been extended until the year 2000.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 lastest 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 first meetings of the Annan Committee. Unlike the previous 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 PilkingtonCommittee, 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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'Competition' continues the monumental history of broadcasting in the UK over a period of 20 years, from 1955 to the mid 1970s. Unlike the previous volumes it chronicles and analyses 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. The first chapter deals with the early relationship of the BBC to these new companies, sharing their impact on the types of programmes being broadcast. The second chapter concerns Suez, the first time when there was a conflict between what the Government wanted broadcast and what the BBC felt it ought to broadcast. Chapter 3 compares BBC programmes with their rivals' in the 1960s, and chapter 4 evaluates the effect of the new Director-General, Hugh Greene, the man who - Mary Whitehouse said - was 'responsible for the moral collapse which characterized the sixties and seventies'.The remaining chapters debate the changing relationship between politicians and broadcasters, Radio Piracy, the changes to the Third Programme, the introduction of new technologies, and the state of the BBC at the time of the Jubilee and the first meetings of the Annan Committee.

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16 pp black and white plates, illustrations throughout

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