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Libby Purves has had an ongoing love affair with the radio since her childhood, when she saved her pocket money to buy a DIY 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". Libby's enthusiasm lasted through the teenage years of Radio Luxemburg and pirate station Caroline, and while at university she 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 next 30 years saw her as one of the most successful and popular BBC Radio 4 broadcasters, working on "The Today Programme", "Midweek" and "The Learning Curve". In this book, she takes readers behind the scenes of these programmes with anecdotes about the personalities involved, near-disasters and triumphs, and also makes a plea for continued funding and support for the radio.
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Review:
'A graphic account of radio's birth and development . . . It should act as an inspiration to anyone who has a dream.' -- Oxford Times
'Always fascinating and, at times, very funny indeed.' -- Woman & Home
'Does for radio what Joanne Harris did for chocolate' -- Lynne Truss, Sunday Times
'Sharp, revealing, occasionally hilarious . . . part memoir, part celebration, part history' -- The Oldie
'The must-read . . . Always fascinating and, at times, vey funny indeed.' -- Woman & Home
'This book has a ready-made readership among dedicated Radio 4 listeners.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'an insightful account of the history of the medium' -- Press Gazette
'fascinating memoir' -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
'revealing and often funny' -- Driffield Post
Book Description:
'Always fascinating and, at times, very funny indeed.' -- Woman & Home
'Does for radio what Joanne Harris did for chocolate' -- Lynne Truss, Sunday Times
'Sharp, revealing, occasionally hilarious . . . part memoir, part celebration, part history' -- The Oldie
'The must-read . . . Always fascinating and, at times, vey funny indeed.' -- Woman & Home
'This book has a ready-made readership among dedicated Radio 4 listeners.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'an insightful account of the history of the medium' -- Press Gazette
'fascinating memoir' -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
'revealing and often funny' -- Driffield Post
A sharp and revealing, and at times hilarious memoir of Libby's own experiences woven into the story of radio's birth and development.
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- PublisherCharnwood
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1843950219
- ISBN 13 9781843950219
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages312
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