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

By: Language: English Publication details: London : Guardian Books : Faber & Faber, 2015Description: xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781783350728
  • 1783350725
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384.54/06/041
LOC classification:
  • HE 8689.9 H636t 2015
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HE 8689.9 H636t 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000150143

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index.

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.

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.

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