Pinkoes and Traitors - The BBC and the nation, 1974-1987

This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership. The intervening years saw mass unemployment, trade union strikes and war in Northern Ireland and the Falklands - as well as legendary BBC programmes such as Live Aid, Fawlty Towers and Dad's Army , The Singing Detective and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , and David Attenborough's Life on Earth . Comprehensively revised and expanded for this new edition, Jean Seaton's perceptive study presents an absorbing analysis of an institution that both reflects Britain and has helped to define it.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Seaton, Seaton Jean
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9781781252727
• ISBN: 978-1-78125-272-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 194 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Film, TV and Radio industries