Auntie's War

Informationen zum Autor Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for over forty years, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One , The World This Weekend , Sunday and Analysis . He has been a foreign correspondent for Channel Four, ITN and the BBC, and for ten years he was one of the main presenters of the Today programme. Klappentext This BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week recounts the story of the BBC's operations throughout World War Two, providing a new insight into the foundations of modern broadcasting. Zusammenfassung The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. Auntie’s War is an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today. A BBC RADIO 4: BOOK OF THE WEEK

Product details

• Authors: Edward Stourton, Stourton Edward
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781784160791
• ISBN: 978-1-78416-079-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Propaganda, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Radio & television industry, Second World War, Social and cultural history, c 1940 to c 1949, International institutions, Film, TV and Radio industries