This is the BBC : entertaining the nation, speaking for Britain?, 1922-2022 / Simon J. Potter.
By: Potter, Simon James [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 308 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191924798 (ebook) :Subject(s): British Broadcasting Corporation -- History | Television broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History | Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192898524DDC classification: 384.550941 LOC classification: HE8689.9Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In the hundredth year of the British Broadcasting Corporation, historian Simon J. Potter looks back over the hundred year history, asking if the BBC is really the 'voice of Britain', and what comes next for British public broadcasting. 2022 marks the centenary year of the British Broadcasting Corporation. As Britain's most famous and influential broadcaster, the BBC faces a range of significant challenges to the way it operates, and perhaps to its existence, from the government but also from a rapidly changing media environment. Historian Simon J. Potter explores the hundred year history of this corporation, drawing out the roots of these challenges and understanding how similar threats - hostile politicians and prime ministers, the advent of television - were met and overcome in the past. Potter poses the question 'Is the BBC the voice of Britain?', exploring its role in changing wider culture and society.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the hundredth year of the British Broadcasting Corporation, historian Simon J. Potter looks back over the hundred year history, asking if the BBC is really the 'voice of Britain', and what comes next for British public broadcasting. 2022 marks the centenary year of the British Broadcasting Corporation. As Britain's most famous and influential broadcaster, the BBC faces a range of significant challenges to the way it operates, and perhaps to its existence, from the government but also from a rapidly changing media environment. Historian Simon J. Potter explores the hundred year history of this corporation, drawing out the roots of these challenges and understanding how similar threats - hostile politicians and prime ministers, the advent of television - were met and overcome in the past. Potter poses the question 'Is the BBC the voice of Britain?', exploring its role in changing wider culture and society.
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