Maloigne, Hélène;
(2022)
Breaking New Ground. C. Leonard Woolley's Archaeology Talks on the BBC, 1922–1939.
Media History
10.1080/13688804.2022.2109457.
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Abstract
This article explores archaeological programmes on the BBC between 1922 and 1939 through an entangled approach to broadcast and printed talks. Supported by archival sources and programme schedules in The Radio Times and The Listener, it focuses on the intertwined archaeological, broadcasting and publishing careers of Charles Leonard Woolley based on his excavation at Ur in southern Iraq. This highlights the important place archaeology held in the interwar listening and reading market with the BBC offering high fees for a popular speaker. Incorporating periodical studies and aspects of book history demonstrates the importance of an integrated approach to media history to further our understanding of the relationship between media, science and the public.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Breaking New Ground. C. Leonard Woolley's Archaeology Talks on the BBC, 1922–1939 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13688804.2022.2109457 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2022.2109457 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | archaeology, BBC, science talks, Charles Leonard Woolley, entanglement |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154256 |
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