Reading Radio 4
A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station
Published on 20. December 2016
Book
Hardback
XIII, 302 pages
978-1-137-57656-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a study of contemporary Radio 4 output, covering the entire broadcast day. Radio is largely neglected by media and cultural studies. The small body of existing work on Radio 4 is predominantly historical, focusing on institutional history, or sociological, focusing on contemporary BBC editorial and journalistic practices.
Reading Radio 4,
by contrast, analyses contemporary Radio 4 programmes entirely from the point of view of today's listener. Individual chapters correspond to all existing Radio 4 timeslots in the entire broadcast day of 19 hours 40 minutes, from 5.20am to 1.00am. The study, while academic in approach, aims to promote an informed and critical appreciation of Radio 4 for all listeners, as well as students of the media.
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIII, 302 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-57656-9 (9781137576569)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-57657-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Macdonald Daly
Reading Radio 4
A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station
E-Book
12/2016
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
Available for download
Person
Macdonald Daly taught at the University of Nottingham for 25 years before his retirement in 2016.
Content
Introduction.- 1.05.20 Shipping Forecast.- 2.05.30 News Briefing.- 3.05.43 Prayer for the Day.- 4.05.45 Farming Today.- 5.05.58 Tweet of the Day.- 6.06.00 Today.- 7.09.00 Round-table discussions and one-to-one interviews.- 8.09.45 Book of the Week.- 9.10.00 Woman's Hour.- 10.10.55 The Listening Project.- 11.11.00 Morning Documentaries.- 12.11.30 Morning Comedies.- 13.12.00 Home Front /A History of Ideas.- 14.12.15 You and Yours.- 15.13.00 The World at One.- 16.13.45 Fifteen-minute feature.- 17.14.15 Afternoon Drama.- 18.15.00 Miscellaneous afternoon programmes.- 19.17.00 PM.- 20.18.00 Six O'Clock News.- 21.18.30 Evening comedies.- 22.19.00 The Archers.- 23.19.15 Front Row.- 24.20.00 Miscellaneous late night programmes.- 25.22.45 Book at Bedtime.- 26.23.00 Night-time comedies.- 27.23.30 Today in Parliament.- 28.The Weekend.- Afterword