{"product_id":"the-bbc-a-century-on-air","title":"The BBC: A Century on Air by Hendy, David","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e; tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles and the Stones; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: for one hundred years, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been the preeminent broadcaster in the UK and around the world, a constant source of information, comfort, and entertainment through both war and peace, feast and famine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe BBC has broadcast to over two hundred countries and in more than forty languages. Its history is a broad cultural panorama of the twentieth century itself, often, although not always, delivered in a mellifluous Oxford accent. With special access to the BBC's archives, historian David Hendy presents a dazzling portrait of a unique institution whose cultural influence is greater than any other media organization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing politics, espionage, the arts, social change, and everyday life, \u003ci\u003eThe BBC\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid social history of the organization that has provided both background commentary and screen-grabbing headlines--woven so deeply into the culture and politics of the past century that almost none of us has been left untouched by it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hendy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.00w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610397049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hendy\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, broadcaster and Professor Emeritus of Media and Cultural History at the University of Sussex in England. His books include \u003ci\u003eLife on Air: a History of Radio Four\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 History Today-Longman Book of the Year Award and was nominated for the Orwell Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43657451405465,"sku":"9781610397049","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_a16938c4-c952-4845-a2a2-8eb4bad5da8e.jpg?v=1724530755","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-bbc-a-century-on-air","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}