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And Now The Shipping Forecast: A tide of history around our shores de Peter Jefferson

And Now The Shipping Forecast: A tide of history around our shores

Autor Peter Jefferson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mai 2011
Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continued to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote. This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC programming behind the forecast.Peter explains how it came out, who collects all the information and what it's like to read this bulletin. Even though the information in the forecast is now readily available in many formats, The Shipping Forecast is something of a 'must listen' for fans gathered over the decades.For reasons not quite understood, it has become a much-loved part of the British cultural landscape with an avid following of listeners who find its poetry is the perfect cure for insomnia. This book is perfect for those fans.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781906860158
ISBN-10: 1906860157
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Uit Cambridge Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Peter Jefferson joined the BBC in 1964. In 1969 he became an announcer and newsreader, first on the BBC World Service then across all the domestic BBC Radio networks, which included reading the Shipping Forecast for 40 years - first on Radio 2 and later on Radio 4. He took early retirement in 2001 but continued working for Radio 4 in a freelance capacity until 2009, during which time he also appeared in several radio and TV programmes, including plays on Radio 4 and vocally or as an actor on EastEnders, Panorama, My Family, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Mighty Boosh, The Bill, Peak Practice and Holby City. He lives with his wife in Surrey.

Cuprins

1. Prologue2. The genesis of the shipping forecast3. Name changing but not name calling4. The meteorological office and the shipping forecast broadcast5. The lighter side 6. Unexpected outside broadcast7. Sailing by 8. Sailing by the seat of your pants9. A tale of shipping area turbulence10. Part 1: A tale of shipping area turbulence11. Part 2: Shedding some light... on lighthouses12. Codes, conventions and traditions13. Time and Greenwich Mean Time14. A life on the ocean wave15. A final noteGlossarySources & Further ReadingIndex

Recenzii

For this daily dose of the beautiful to work, nothing is more important than the god who administers it. None has been more perfect in the last few years than Peter Jefferson, the voice of perfect modulation, the near-equal of the incomparable Charlotte Green, neither thin nor fruity, effortlessly clear, understanding that the beauty of the moment depends on restraint and the absence of any hint of doubt.

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Peter Jefferson's affectionate memoir of and history behind the BBC radio forecast: he explains how it came about, who collects the information and what it's like to read this bulletin.