David Hendy studied history at St Andrews and Oxford, before joining the BBC in 1987. For the next six years he worked 'worked in current affairs, producing series such as The World Tonight and Analysis on Radio Four. During his time at the BBC he worked on programmes covering the first Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as a range of domestic British political events. Since 1993, he has been teaching about broadcasting and media history at the University of Westminster in London, where he is currently Reader in Media and Communication. He continues to contribute to - and occasionally produce - radio programmes in Britain and overseas.

...meticulously documented... a magnificent chronicle.

• Introduction ; PART 1: REFORMATION: C. 1963-1976 ; 1. September 1967 ; 2. Reconstruction ; 3. Three-in-one ; 4. Politics and permissiveness ; 5. Crises ; PART 2: COUNTER-REFORMATION: C.1976-1983 ; 6. Mac the Knife ; 7. Theatres of the air ; 8. Close-up and personal ; 9. Under siege ; PART 3: LISTENER POWER: C. 1983-1997 ; 10. Years Zero ; 11. Provocations ; 12. A Long Wave Goodbye? ; 13. Pleasures ; Epilogue: 1997 and since

David Hendy studied history at St Andrews and Oxford, before joining the BBC in 1987. For the next six years he worked 'worked in current affairs, producing series such as The World Tonight and Analysis on Radio Four. During his time at the BBC he worked on programmes covering the first Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as a range of domestic British political events. Since 1993, he has been teaching about broadcasting and media history at the University of Westminster in London, where he is currently Reader in Media and Communication. He continues to contribute to - and occasionally produce - radio programmes in Britain and overseas.

...meticulously documented... a magnificent chronicle.

• Introduction ; PART 1: REFORMATION: C. 1963-1976 ; 1. September 1967 ; 2. Reconstruction ; 3. Three-in-one ; 4. Politics and permissiveness ; 5. Crises ; PART 2: COUNTER-REFORMATION: C.1976-1983 ; 6. Mac the Knife ; 7. Theatres of the air ; 8. Close-up and personal ; 9. Under siege ; PART 3: LISTENER POWER: C. 1983-1997 ; 10. Years Zero ; 11. Provocations ; 12. A Long Wave Goodbye? ; 13. Pleasures ; Epilogue: 1997 and since

David Hendy studied history at St Andrews and Oxford, before joining the BBC in 1987. For the next six years he worked 'worked in current affairs, producing series such as The World Tonight and Analysis on Radio Four. During his time at the BBC he worked on programmes covering the first Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as a range of domestic British political events. Since 1993, he has been teaching about broadcasting and media history at the University of Westminster in London, where he is currently Reader in Media and Communication. He continues to contribute to - and occasionally produce - radio programmes in Britain and overseas.

...meticulously documented... a magnificent chronicle.

• Introduction ; PART 1: REFORMATION: C. 1963-1976 ; 1. September 1967 ; 2. Reconstruction ; 3. Three-in-one ; 4. Politics and permissiveness ; 5. Crises ; PART 2: COUNTER-REFORMATION: C.1976-1983 ; 6. Mac the Knife ; 7. Theatres of the air ; 8. Close-up and personal ; 9. Under siege ; PART 3: LISTENER POWER: C. 1983-1997 ; 10. Years Zero ; 11. Provocations ; 12. A Long Wave Goodbye? ; 13. Pleasures ; Epilogue: 1997 and since