Awards

• Winner of Longman-History Today Book of the Year 2007.

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9780199550241

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A magisterial history of Radio 4 Gillian Reynolds. Daily Telegraph.

`The story of 'The Archers', the 'Today Programme', 'Home Truths' and much more, told with an easy enthusiasm that is hard to resist.' Daily Telegraph. `Review from previous edition '...meticulously documented... a magnificent chronicle.' ' - Laurie Taylor, THES `' An unalloyed treat... If Radio 4 is a great four-funnelled liner, radiating serene intelligence and self-control, this is the ship's secret logbook. Life on Air is a gem. ' ' - Libby Purves, The Times `'Filled with riveting detail and anecdote, constantly illuminating ... endlessly engrossing.' ' - Stefan Collini, Guardian Review `'Hendy's book will certainly sort the sheep from the goats among listeners' ' - Kate Chisholm, Daily Telegraph `'Hendy charts in masterly detail the improbable evolution of a network.' ' - John Tusa, Times Literary Supplement `'Hendy examines a many-faceted national treasure with the cool eye of a jeweller and the ardour of a proper fan.' ' - Libby Purves, The Tablet `'Eminently readable, utterly reliable, on occasions painfully frank, it is a joy to read.' -' Gillian Reynolds, Radio Critic of the Daily Telegraph `'A tremendous read: impeccable research used with wit and insight about a national treasure.' ' - Jean Seaton, Official Historian of the BBC `'Revelatory.' ' Ned Sherrin `'[A] fine, meticulous history' ' - Financial Times

Author Information

David Hendy studied history at St Andrews and Oxford, before joining the BBC in 1987. For the next six years he worked 'worked in current affairs, producing series such as The World Tonight and Analysis on Radio Four. During his time at the BBC he worked on programmes covering the first Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as a range of domestic British political events. Since 1993, he has been teaching about broadcasting and media history at the University of Westminster in London, where he is currently Reader in Media and Communication. He continues to contribute to - and occasionally produce - radio programmes in Britain and overseas.

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