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- Title
British radio and the politics of culture in post-war Britain:the work of Charles Parker.
- Authors
Long, Paul
- Abstract
There has been little academic consideration of the life, work and ideas of the BBC radio producer Charles Parker. Where he is remembered it is for his work on the prize-winning series known as the Radio Ballads. Beginning with 'The Ballad of John Axon' in 1958 the series addressed the lives and work of working-class people, and was one of the first programmes to use 'actuality' incorporating original, spontaneous testimonies. The author values Parker's work as an expression of the mentalités of welfare-state Britain and that wider project evinced by his colleagues and collaborators that sought to challenge the circumscribed lineaments of class, culture, history, education and language. However, an appreciation of Parker and his role in the process of democratizing the cultural sphere also lends itself to a critique of the assumptions behind categories such as class, authenticity and experience that proved to be so useful in this moment.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; PARKER, Charles; BRITISH radio broadcasting; BRITISH Broadcasting Corp.; RADIO programs; CULTURE
- Publication
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 2004, Vol 2, Issue 3, p131
- ISSN
1476-4504
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/rajo.2.3.131/1