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Now available in five volumes, Asa Briggs' History of British Broadcasting in the UK provides an exhaustive chronicle of the BBC's activities, achievements, and personnel - from the early days of wireless broadcasting and the Corporation's foundation, through its establishement as a part of
home life and role in the Second World War, to the end of its monopoly and attempts to reflect the needs of a changing society.
Competition, the latest volume in Asa Briggs' monumental history, covers a period of 20 years, from the end of the BBC's monopoly in 1955 to the mid 1970s and the volumes it looks at the history of the BBC in an age of competition, so inevitably contains much fascinating material on the
`independent' radio and television companies as well as the BBC. There are chapters on the reporting of the Suez Crisis, the Pilkington Committee, the governorship of Hugh Greene (the man Mary Whitehouse said was `responsible for the collapse which characterized the sixties and seventies'), Radio
Piracy, the introduction of new technologies, and the BBC Jubilee.
History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom : Volume V: Competition (History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom),Asa Briggs,Oxford University Press, USA,019215964X,Broadcasting,Europe - Great Britain - General,Great Britain,History,History: World,Language,Language Arts & Disciplines,Linguistics,Radio,Technology & Industrial Arts,History / Great Britain,History, World | British | Since 1945,Media studies,Radio & television industry,Social history,United Kingdom, Great Britain,c 1945 to c 1960,c 1960 to c 1970,c 1970 to c 1980
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