Radio: A True Love Story by Libby Purves
Libby Purves has had an ongoing love affair with the radio since her childhood, when she saved her pocket money to buy a d-i-y transistor set. This was the 1950s, pre-television, when the family would gather round the 'wireless' to listen to classic shows such as 'The Glums' and 'Listen with Mother'. Her enthusiasm lasted through the teenage years of Radio Luxemburg and pirate station Caroline and while at university, Libby answered an ad for student volunteers for Radio Oxford. From then on she was hooked and entered the BBC as a trainee Programme Operations Assistant. The past thirty years have seen Libby as one of the most successful and popular BBC Radio 4 broadcasters, with a string of credits to her name including the Today programme, Midweek and The Learning Curve. She takes us behind the scenes of these programmes with amusing and entertaining anecdotes about the personalities involved, near-disasters and triumphs, and also makes an impassioned plea for continued funding and support for radio.
You will love this book however slim your knowledge of radio* Devon Today *
an insightful account of the history of the medium * Press Gazette *
The must-read . . . Always fascinating and, at times, vey funny indeed. * Woman & Home *
Frank without being catty. * Lincolnshire Echo *
Does for radio what Joanne Harris did for chocolate * Lynne Truss, Sunday Times *
This book has a ready-made readership among dedicated Radio 4 listeners. * Sunday Telegraph *
studded with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes . . . Passionate, engaging and entertaining * The Times *
Always fascinating and, at times, very funny indeed. * Woman & Home *
an insightful account of the history of the medium * Press Gazette *
The must-read . . . Always fascinating and, at times, vey funny indeed. * Woman & Home *
Frank without being catty. * Lincolnshire Echo *
Does for radio what Joanne Harris did for chocolate * Lynne Truss, Sunday Times *
This book has a ready-made readership among dedicated Radio 4 listeners. * Sunday Telegraph *
studded with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes . . . Passionate, engaging and entertaining * The Times *
Always fascinating and, at times, very funny indeed. * Woman & Home *
Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. She lives in Suffolk with her husband the broadcaster and writer Paul Heiney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340822425 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340822422 |
| Title | Radio: A True Love Story |
| Author | Libby Purves |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2003-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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