Pinkoes and Traitors
eBook - ePub

Pinkoes and Traitors

The BBC and the nation, 1974–1987

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pinkoes and Traitors

The BBC and the nation, 1974–1987

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

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.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Profile Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781847659163
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Copyright Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Publisher’s note on the revised edition
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Timeline
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Mrs Thatcher and the BBC: the Conservative Athene
  9. Chapter 2: The licence fee and BBC independence: money, money, money
  10. Chapter 3: Northern Ireland: ‘The right amount of blood’
  11. Chapter 4: Arts and music: culture vulture
  12. Chapter 5: Attenborough: the public service animal
  13. Chapter 6: The royal wedding: British Shintoism at work
  14. Chapter 7: The Falklands: ‘our boys’ versus ‘the British’
  15. Chapter 8: Ethiopia: biblical famine, news and changing aid
  16. Chapter 9: Women in the BBC: the triumph of the trouser suit
  17. Chapter 10: The entertainer: public service popular
  18. Chapter 11: Drama: the domestic Homer
  19. Chapter 12: Smiley’s real people: public service tradecraft
  20. Chapter 13: Endgame
  21. Appendix: BBC directors-general and chairmen
  22. Notes
  23. Acknowledgements
  24. Index