London calling Italy: BBC broadcasts during the Second World War

✍ Scribed by Ester Lo Biundo

Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year: 2022
Tongue: English
Leaves: 221
Series: Studies in Popular Culture
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

London calling Italy is a book about the BBC Italian Service during the Second World War. It examines the role of the Italian broadcasters, the programmes and their reception.

✦ Table of Contents

Front matter
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
General editor’s foreword
Introduction: why Radio London?
Radio at war
The Italian Service
Exiles: biographies, memories and experiences of the Italian anti-fascist broadcasters
The Italian broadcasters and the British Foreign Office
The enemy: Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR)
Occupation/liberation
Who tuned in to the BBC? The Italian Service: its target audiences and listeners
Conclusion: Radio Londra between myth and reality
Bibliography
Index

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