The BBC German Service during the Second World War
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The BBC German Service during the Second World War by Vike Martina Plock
Introduction: Speaking with Hitler.- PART I: PROGRAMMES.- 1. Straight News.- 2. News Talks.- 3. What Women Want: BBC Programmes for Women in Nazi Germany.- 4. Features and Satire.- PART II: PEOPLE.- 5. Voices in Exile: Personality Speakers from Germany.- 6. British Star Speakers.- 7. Enemy Aliens at the BBC.- 8. Monitoring.- 9. Inhaling English.- Epilogue.
Plocks deep research and engaging writing style mean that this book could be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the Second World War, inside or outside the academyFor media historians, it provides an excellent template towards those focused on programme-makers and audiences. This is an important book for anybody interested in the history of the BBC and its External Services, and should be the first port of call for anyone studying the German Service. (Christopher Day, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 42 (2), 2022)
Vike Martina Plock is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Joyce, Medicine and Modernity (2010) and Modernism, Fashion and Interwar Women Writers (2017). She is co-editor of Literature & History and advisory editor of the James Joyce Quarterly.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783030740917 |
| ISBN 10 | 3030740919 |
| Title | The BBC German Service during the Second World War |
| Author | Vike Martina Plock |
| Series | Palgrave Studies In The History Of The Media |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Year published | 2021-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 293 |
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