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Reading Radio 4

A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station

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Authors:
  1. Macdonald Daly

    1. University of Nottingham , Nottingham, United Kingdom

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  • One of the very few books to analyse critically the actual content of radio programmes

  • As up-to-date as possible (programmes analysed were broadcast as recently as January 2016)

  • Argues for a renewed appreciation of radio within Cultural Studies

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 1-33

  3. 05.20 Shipping Forecast

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 35-47

  4. 05.30 News Briefing

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 49-51

  5. 05.43 Prayer for the Day

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 53-57

  6. 05.45 Farming Today

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 59-65

  7. 05.58 Tweet of the Day

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 67-71

  8. 06.00 Today

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 73-98

  9. 09.00 Round-Table Discussions and One-to-One Interviews

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 99-126

  10. 09.45 Book of the Week

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 127-130

  11. 10.00 Woman’s Hour

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 131-141

  12. 10.55 The Listening Project

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 143-146

  13. 11.00 Morning Documentaries

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 147-165

  14. 11.30 Morning Comedies

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 167-175

  15. 12.00 Home Front/A History of Ideas

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 177-179

  16. 12.15 You and Yours

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 181-187

  17. 13.00 The World at One

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 189-199

  18. 13.45 Fifteen-Minute Feature

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 201-206

  19. 14.15 Afternoon Drama

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    Pages 207-212

  20. 15.00–17.00 Miscellaneous Afternoon Programmes

    • Macdonald Daly
    Pages 213-221
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About this book

This book is a study of contemporary Radio 4 output, covering the entire broadcast day. Radio is largely neglected by media and cultural studies. The small body of existing work on Radio 4 is predominantly historical, focusing on institutional history, or sociological, focusing on contemporary BBC editorial and journalistic practices. Reading Radio 4, by contrast, analyses contemporary Radio 4 programmes entirely from the point of view of today’s listener. Individual chapters correspond to all existing Radio 4 timeslots in the entire broadcast day of 19 hours 40 minutes, from 5.20am to 1.00am. The study, while academic in approach, aims to promote an informed and critical appreciation of Radio 4 for all listeners, as well as students of the media. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham , Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Macdonald Daly

About the author

Macdonald Daly taught at the University of Nottingham for 25 years before his retirement in 2016.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reading Radio 4

  • Book Subtitle: A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station

  • Authors: Macdonald Daly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57657-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57656-9Published: 20 December 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57657-6Published: 01 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 302

  • Topics: Media Studies

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