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jazzy_daveHumphrey Carpenter "The Envy Of The World : Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3" (Phoenix)
This is a fascinating account of one of Auntie Beeb's renowned radio stations,and is a subject which the biographer knew intimately, and the book reflects his knowledge and his passion.
Most people,i hope and assume, have heard of the international reputation that the BBC had during World War II for news, but not many remember the extraordinarily high standards it maintained where the arts, education and entertainment were concerned. The third programme was at the forefront of this revolution, at a time when it was recognised that the high arts had an important role in defining cultural identity and that society had a responsibility to promulgate an understanding and appreciation of high culture.
The Third Programme eventually became Radio 3 in 1967 when the BBC launched its pop music station Radio One.
"On my first night in the Third Programme, I had to leave a full minute of silence between one programme and the next. The idea was to discourage people from casual listening. They were expected to look at their Radio Times, choose what they want, listen to it, and then go away and do all the other interesting things that their lives were full of". Cormack Rigby.
"He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy". Lord Reith.
"It was the combination of public service motive, sense of moral obligation, assured finance and the brute force of monopoly which enabled the BBC to make of broadcasting what no other country in the world has made of it". Lord Reith.
This book is full of stories and personalities about artists of intense integrity and creativity, a conviction in the value of high culture and the educability of the masses. There is also a book by John Drummond i want to find that details his time on BBC Radio 3 and the struggles he had to introduce modern avant garde classical music to the station. Meanwhile, for radio fans, i highly recommend this book.
This is a fascinating account of one of Auntie Beeb's renowned radio stations,and is a subject which the biographer knew intimately, and the book reflects his knowledge and his passion.
Most people,i hope and assume, have heard of the international reputation that the BBC had during World War II for news, but not many remember the extraordinarily high standards it maintained where the arts, education and entertainment were concerned. The third programme was at the forefront of this revolution, at a time when it was recognised that the high arts had an important role in defining cultural identity and that society had a responsibility to promulgate an understanding and appreciation of high culture.
The Third Programme eventually became Radio 3 in 1967 when the BBC launched its pop music station Radio One.
"On my first night in the Third Programme, I had to leave a full minute of silence between one programme and the next. The idea was to discourage people from casual listening. They were expected to look at their Radio Times, choose what they want, listen to it, and then go away and do all the other interesting things that their lives were full of". Cormack Rigby.
"He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy". Lord Reith.
"It was the combination of public service motive, sense of moral obligation, assured finance and the brute force of monopoly which enabled the BBC to make of broadcasting what no other country in the world has made of it". Lord Reith.
This book is full of stories and personalities about artists of intense integrity and creativity, a conviction in the value of high culture and the educability of the masses. There is also a book by John Drummond i want to find that details his time on BBC Radio 3 and the struggles he had to introduce modern avant garde classical music to the station. Meanwhile, for radio fans, i highly recommend this book.
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