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Saturday, November 20, 2021

The BBC and the Enchantment of everyday life

Here is a two hour class on the BBC I gave for students at Amiens, but other people might be interested.

In the first part I look at the question "Was the BBC part of the Welfare State?" and compare the BBC with the National Health Service. 

In the second part I look at two kinds of radio and TV programme - firstly those concerning music, especially popular music, and secondly documentary series. For each case I try to evaluate what the contribution of public service was - that is to say, can we be sure that the BBC was providing something which commercial television coud not provide?

You will find the MP3 recording here

http://www.jcmullen.fr/finalBBCamiensenchantment.mp3

And the accompanying slides here

http://www.jcmullen.fr/1121enchantment.pdf


BBC history agrégation podcast PowerPoint

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