This new noise : the extraordinary birth and troubled life of the BBC

This new noise : the extraordinary birth and troubled life of the BBC

Stepping through the door of Broadcasting House, Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, sets out to explore this powerful, much-loved and maddening institution

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal : Higgins Charlotte (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : This new noise : the extraordinary birth and troubled life of the BBC / Charlotte Higgins
Publié : London : Guardian Books , 2015
Faber & Faber
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-274 pages)
Sujets :
BBC > Histoire
Radiodiffusion > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle
Caractère national anglais > Dans les médias > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire
  • Introduction
  • Part I : Origins and architects. Reith of the BBC
  • 'People, telephones, alarms, excursions' : Hilda Matheson
  • Inform, educate, entertain
  • 'Television is a bomb about to burst' : Grace Wyndham Goldie
  • Part III : Slings and arrows. The great, the good and the damned
  • 'A spot of bother'
  • Independent and impartial?
  • Enemies at the gate
  • Part III : Uncharted seas. 'The great globe itself'
  • 'The monoliths will shake"
  • Conclusion : welcome to the BBC