- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Random House Books (27 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905211538
- ISBN-13: 978-1905211531
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The Times, 29 September 2007
`cosy, celebratory ... It is a happy book, celebrating Radio 4 as above all a friend and companion.'
The Independent, 28 September 2007
'congenial - chatty, a little bit personal ... it's hard to imagine what more a Radio 4 fan could want.'
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Primarily for Radio 4 Aficionados,
This review is from: And Now on Radio 4: A Celebration of the World's Best Radio Station (Paperback)
As a lifelong Radio 4 listener I rather enjoyed this jaunt through the history and methodology of my favourite listening post. Each chapter deals with a segment of the Radio 4 programming day, starting at dawn and working through to 'Sailing By', with lots of interesting asides, mini-biographies, and juicy titbits about famous and infamous management decisions.
Within each chapter are 'boxes' giving additional outlines about well-know or well-loved personalities and so on. The idea is a good one, but I found the endless asides impaired thr general flow of my reading so eventually resorted to reading them only when I had finished whole chapters. If you are keen Radio 4 listener you are bound to find something interesting in this (I loved details about sound effects in 'The Archers', for example). But Radio 4 is also a kind of strange freemasonry with its own rules which regulars love and others probably hate. If you are not already intimate with its routines this book may be best avoided.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed it, but the layout was bad,
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This review is from: And Now on Radio 4: A Celebration of the World's Best Radio Station (Paperback)
I would really recommend this book for all Radio 4 listeners. It covers in depth the history of the station since it replaced the Home Service in the 60s. It goes through so many favourites both old and new.
So why only 4 stars, and not 5? There are far too many "asides" of anecdotes and other articles in boxes which break up the flow of the read. These articles often are as long as 4 pages, and are a major distraction and annoyance.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Only for those in the know.,
By Blencathra (West Yorkshire.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: And Now on Radio 4: A Celebration of the World's Best Radio Station (Paperback)
I'm a regular listener to Radio Four, so was really looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately, I rapidly became very frustrated, and after about a hundred pages abandoned it altogether. Too often, familarity with incidents was assumed and insufficient background provided to make them understandable to anybody but those with either an excellent memory or already extensive knowledge of the history of Radio Four. Equally, whilst the idea of working through the day as a framework for telling the story is initially attractive, the result was an incoherent mish-mash, with sequencing of events difficult, and bits and pieces scattered all over the place.
All in all, a potentially fascinating book, that assumed too much - as my partner commented (having also abandoned in spite of being an avid Radio Four fan), the target readership seemed to be other radio producers or very long term listeners. I was tempted to give one star, but give two as for those, it will almost certainly be a worthwhile read.
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