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ALASDAIR MILNE DG. The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster
Great Britain, Coronet, 1989. 1st Coronet Edition, Binding: Softcover, Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0340497505 Paperback On 10th December 1981 Alasdair Milne was appointed Director-General of the BBC. Little more than five years later on the 29th January 1987, following a Board of Governors meeting, Milne was asked to go and see Marmaduke Hussey, the Chairman, and Joel Barnet his deputy. "He wants me to go immediately - "It's a unanimous decision of the Board". I write my resignation and walk out of the BBC. It was a brutal end to a brilliant career in broadcasting. This book is the fascinating account of television and in particular the momentous last few years when Milne had to cope with the reporting of the Falklands war, the miner's strike, relations with a hostile government, the Real Lives fracas as well as the latest licence fee battles. This is an authoritative account of a revered British institution.Illustrated with B/W photos. Couple of very slight creases to front cover. .
Offered for GBP 4.00 = appr. US$ 6.37 by: The London Bookworm - Book number: 017839
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