20 News Stories that Marked the Century.
Includes CD-ROM.
Great news stories live forever, indelibly etched on our collective national memory. This book revisits twenty dramatic news events that hit the headlines, touched the lives of millions and, in some cases, even changed the course of twentieth-century history.
As well as these stories, vividly recalled by writer and 'Times' radio critic Peter Barnard, this timely book is accompanied by a 70-minute CD of BBC archive material which includes news flashes and reports that interrupted normal programming as the stories swept through the nation's households.
Find out how BBC Radio covered the chaotic events of the 1926 General Strike and the Wall Street Crash during its formative years of broadcasting. Listen to Edward VIII's emotional abdication speech, or that jubilant moment when England's last-minute goal won them the 1966 World Cup. From the triumphant moment when man first stepped on the moon to that unforgettable morning when the news broke of Princess Diana's sudden death, this book spotlights these defining moments in our history. 'We Interrupt This Programme' is the liveliest of twentieth-century history lessons and a nostalgic record of one of the most eventful periods in our history.
