This is the most comprehensive guide to MW, SW, and FM broadcasts and broadcasters available today - fully updated for 2010. This is the ultimate volume for anyone with an interest in radio - from searching out hard-to-find foreign broadcasts to discovering all your local stations. Completely revised and updated, this new edition is the most accurate guide to national and international SW, MW, and FM broadcasting available. "The World Radio TV Handbook" is divided into a number of sections cover...
Only Fools and Horses (The Best of British Comedy)
by Richard Webber
The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic. Del: You were gun running during the Spanish Civil War?Grandad: Well…that was the best time to do it! ‘A man like you needs something to reflect your image – I've got a lovely Skoda in the forecourt.'Boycie (…trying to sell a used car to Del) In the history of British comedy classics, there is no better example than the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed Only Fools and Horses. Set in Peckham, i...
The content of this volume of papers and proceedings has immense variety, depth and insight. It is truly both a snapshot and an analysis of where international broadcasters have come from and, significantly, where they think they are going. In this volume one will find expressions of achievement and disappointment, concern and accomplishment, anxiety and resolve, hope and fear. The common element expressed by all participants is that international broadcasting is entering its most significant an...
Now long out of print, John Dunning's Tune in Yesterday was the definitive one-volume reference on old-time radio broadcasting. Now, in On the Air, Dunning has completely rethought this classic work, reorganizing the material and doubling its coverage, to provide a richer and more informative account of radio's golden age. Here are some 1,500 radio shows presented in alphabetical order. The great programs of the '30s, '40s, and '50s are all here--Amos 'n' Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Lone...
Routledge Revivals: Radio Broadcasting from 1920 to 1990 (1991)
by Diane Foxhill Carothers
First published in 1991, this book presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of radio broadcasting. Its eleven chapter-categories cover almost the entire range of radio broadcasting — with the exception of radio engineering due to its technical complexity although some of the historical volumes do encompass aspects, thus providing background material. Entries are primarily restricted to published books although a number of trade journals and periodicals are also included. Each entry includ...
This reference work contains exhaustive histories of 31 of network radio''s most endurable soap operas, on the air between 1930 and 1960. Included for each series are the story line, a focus on major characters and a listing of all involved.'
Flashgun Casey, Crime Photographer
by J Randolph Cox and David S Siegel
The Los Angeles Old-Time Radio Schedule Book Volume 3, 1946-1954
by Keith D Lee
***The best intelligent puzzle book on the market*** Fiendish fun! - The Times Can YOU solve the Puzzle for Today?Tackle the conundrums that have been frustrating and confounding the nation, with the first official book from Radio 4's Today programme.Put your deciphering skills and mental agility to the test with over 280 cryptic, numerical and linguistic brainteasers from Britain's best-loved radio programme, set by the world's ultimate puzzle masters.So, challenge your grey matter and hone y...
This is one of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research.
Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, #3)
by Jim Cox
The period from 1925 to 1960 was the heyday of the American Radio Soap Opera. In addition to being part of popular culture, the soap opera had important commercial aspects as well that were not only related to their production, but also to the desperate need to sell products or perish. Both sides of this story are traced in this comprehensive compendium. The dictionary section, made up of more than 500 cross-referenced entries, provides brief vignettes of the more popular and also less well-kn...
The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic. `They don't like it up 'em!' 'People shout the "Don't tell him, Pike!" line at me regularly - and I didn't even say it!' Philip Madoc. In the annals of British television, no finer example of classic comedy exists than in the shape of Dad's Army, the Home Guard-based sitcom written by veteran writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Although they penned many other sterling programmes, including Hi-De-Hi...
Comic Fringes: Series 1-3
by Janey Godley, Sarah Millican, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman, Patrick Monahan, Shazia Mirza, Joe Lycett, and Bridget Christie
Nine short stories written and read by comedians, recorded live in front of an audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.May Contain Nuts by Janey Godley: A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only twenty-seven years separate her from her cantankerous father.The Hair of the Dead by Sarah Millican: A moving (and very funny) short story about a compassionate undertaker's assistant.Gone Phishing by Jon Richardson: A tale of love and betrayal set in a remote village in the York...
Revolution in the Echo Chamber is a sociohistorical analysis of British and American radio and audio drama from 1919 to present day. This volume examines the aesthetic, cultural, and technical elements of audio drama along with its context within the literary canon. In addition to the form and development of aural drama, Leslie Grace McMurtry provides an exploration of mental imagery generation in relation to its reception and production. Building on historical analysis, Revolution in the Echo C...
In the middle decades of this century, the radio was the hub of the family''s after-dinner activities. Children and adults gorged themselves on series like The Lone Ranger and Calling All Cars. This is a complete listing, with over 300 program logs.'
The A to Z of Old Time Radio (The A to Z Guide)
by Robert C Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz
The term Old Time Radio refers to the relatively brief period from 1926, when the National Broadcasting Company first began network broadcasting, until approximately 1960, when television became the dominant communication medium in the United States. During this time, radio was as popular and ubiquitous as television is today. It was amazingly varied in the types of programming it offered; many characters and programs were so popular that virtually everyone was familiar with them. Even today, re...
Joe Lycett explores the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions by getting to know a selection of famous and not so famous guests. Hear Katherine Ryan share her love of the Kardashians, Greg James introduce Joe to the world of cricket, and Janice Connolly share her collection of de-cluttering books. Can Lloyd Griffith inspire you with his adoration of fire engines? Or will June Sarpong get you into hula hooping?Guests include comedian Katherine Ryan, Radio 1 DJ Greg James, comedian Janice Connol...
THE FIRST BOOK FROM THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWS PROGRAMME IN BRITAIN, THE TODAY PROGRAMME. 'Get ready to become outraged'- John Humphrys, 1998 'We've heard the world will never be the same again'- Sue MacGregor, 2001 Best of Today marks Radio 4s Today programme's 60-year anniversary as told in 60 world-changing events, from wars, conflicts and shifts in the political landscape to changes in social roles, culture, science and technology. The first ever book from the Today programme takes...