Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph, 1986.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Catherine Byron | In a positive review for BBC
Radio Ulster, Sean Rafferty
identified this work not only as autobiography and literary criticism, but also as a piece of travel-writing: I expected a critical academic tome. What I... |
| Literary responses | Penelope Shuttle | Rosemary Dinnage
in a Times Literary Supplement review contrasted contemporary openness about childbirth with the continuing block on mentioning menstruation. She cited a recent example in which Margaret Drabble
had mentioned the subject on BBC |
| Literary Setting | Maureen Duffy | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Alison Uttley | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Antonia White | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Carol Shields | While she was enrolled in a magazine-writing course at the University of Toronto
, CS
wrote a story which to her amazement her instructor arranged to have broadcast on the CBC
, and over the... |
| Occupation | Germaine Greer | |
| Occupation | Freya Stark | After an August 1933 massacre of Assyrian civilians by the Iraqi Army, FS
was in demand as an authority on Iraq. She spoke at the BBC
, the Forum
, and the Royal Central Asia Society |
| Occupation | Ruth Padel | In 2007 she sat on the panel judging the Eric Gregory awards for new writing. In 2008 she became the first writer in residence at Somerset House
and the first poet in residence for the... |
| Occupation | Viola Meynell | |
| Occupation | Mary Agnes Hamilton | MAH
served as a Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
. She writes first that notice of the appointment came in December 1932, but twice later that she served from 1 January 1932. Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944. 280, 288, 295 Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944. 280, 288, 295 |
| Occupation | Jan Struther | Her broadcasting career did not end with the war, but continued sporadically in the USA and even occasionally in England with the BBC
. Maxtone Graham, Ysenda. The Real Mrs Miniver. John Murray, 2001. 265 |
| Occupation | George Orwell | |
| Occupation | Mary Kingsley | MK
helped to initiate the Royal African Society
, which was founded in her name in 1901 just after her death. Today the Society's website offers a biography and some striking pictures of MK
... |
| Occupation | P. D. James | She retired to become a full-time writer at the end of 1979, six months before her sixtieth birthday. Then she served as a magistrate for Willesden (1979-82) and for Inner London (1984). She has been... |
Timeline
29 July 1948: The BBC broadcast a television programme...
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29 July 1948
The BBC
broadcast a television programme on the opening of the Olympic Games
from Wembley Stadium in still visibly bomb-damaged London. This was the first Olympics to be televised.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
380
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
11 October 1948: The first outside BBC television broadcast...
National or international item
11 October 1948
The first outside BBC
television broadcast was made: from Number 10 Downing Street for the Commonwealth Conference
.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
239
March 1949: Elizabeth Bowen's feature on 1918 was broadcast...
Women writers item
March 1949
Elizabeth Bowen
's feature on 1918 was broadcast on the BBC
's Third Programme
series A Year I Remember.
Whitehead, Kate. The Third Programme: A Literary History. Clarendon Press, 1989, http://UofA Rutherford North.
131-2
29 July 1949: BBC television aired its first weather b...
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29 July 1949
BBC
television aired its first weather broadcast.
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381
4 September 1949: The surface of the moon was televised by...
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4 September 1949
The surface of the moon was televised by the BBC
for the first time, through a powerful telescope.
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381
16 January 1950: The BBC made its first broadcast of Listen...
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16 January 1950
The BBC
made its first broadcast of Listen with Mother.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
23 February 1950: The General Election brought 84 percent of...
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23 February 1950
The General Election brought 84 percent of the British electorate out to vote. The BBC
aired the first televised report of results of this election.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
McKibbin, Ross. “Not Pleasing the Tidy-Minded”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 8, 24 Apr. 2008, pp. 30-1. 31
Johnson, R. W. “Already a Member”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 17, 11 Sept. 2014, pp. 31-2. 32
27 August 1950: The BBC made its first live television broadcast...
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27 August 1950
The BBC
made its first live television broadcast from the Continent (from Calais) using outside broadcast equipment.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
30 September 1950: The BBC aired its first live air-to-ground...
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30 September 1950
The BBC
aired its first live air-to-ground television broadcast, from an aircraft in flight.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
239
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
26 October 1950: The BBC made its first sound and television...
National or international item
26 October 1950
The BBC
made its first sound and television broadcast from the House of Commons, on the occasion of the opening of the rebuilt chamber.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
January 1951: The Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting reported...
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January 1951
The BeveridgeCommittee on Broadcasting
reported that the propaganda power
“Media quotations from official sources”. Terra Media: Quotations.
“Media quotations from official sources”. Terra Media: Quotations.
1 January 1951: After a one-week trial the previous May,...
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1 January 1951
After a one-week trial the previous May, The Archers, countryside soap-opera of BBC
radio, began regular broadcasting; it soon attracted two million listeners.
Reynolds, Gillian. “The Archers - whose side are you on?”. Daily Telegraph, 28 Dec. 2000, p. 27.
27
May 1951: The BBC experimentally launched a comic radio...
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May 1951
The BBC
experimentally launched a comic radio series, Crazy People; as The Goon Show, it ran for nine years and became a household word.
Dixon, Stephen. “Obituary: Spike Milligan”. Guardian Weekly, 7–13 Mar. 2002, p. 22.
22
6 June 1951: The BBC made its first broadcast from Buckingham...
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6 June 1951
The BBC
made its first broadcast from Buckingham Palace, on the occasion of a State Banquet for King Haakon
of Norway.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
239
4 October 1951: E. M. Forster's praise for the accomplishments...
Writing climate item
4 October 1951
E. M. Forster
's praise for the accomplishments of the BBC's Third Programme
was published in The Listener.
Whitehead, Kate. The Third Programme: A Literary History. Clarendon Press, 1989, http://UofA Rutherford North.
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