Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922—67

Comedy and Popular Music on Air

AvMartin Dibbs

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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This book provides a narrative history of the BBC Radio Variety Department exploring, along chronological lines, the workings of, tensions within and the impact of BBC policies on the programme-making department which generated the organisation’s largest audiences.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-01-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030070694

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Martin Dibbs is an independent scholar and freelance musician. His early education over the airwaves, courtesy of Lord Reith, stimulated a lifelong interest in British radio history. A Londoner by birth, he now lives in the East Neuk of Fife and is currently working on a book about jazz at the BBC.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: 1922-1933: Variety before Variety.- Chapter Three: 1933-1939: The Show Begins.- Chapter Four: 1939-1945: ‘We will be working under difficulties’.- Chapter Five: 1945-1955: A Golden Age for Radio Comedy.- Chapter Six: 1956-1967: Sound Into Vision: Popular Into Pop.- Chapter Seven: Coda.- Sources and Further Reading.- Index