Listen in terror : British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age /: British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard J. Hand.
• Other Names: Hand, Richard J
• Contents: Listen in terror: British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Listening in terror; 1. Are you sitting (un)comfortably? Sound, horror and radio; 2. The quintessence of British horror radio: Appointment with Fear; 3. 'This is your story-teller, The Man in Black': hosting horror; 4. Horror radio in the 1950s; 5. The 1960s and 1970s: parodies and Price; 6. The Man in Black returns: Fear on Four; 7. Terror tales for the twenty-first century: The Man in Black. 8. Adaptation and twenty-first-century horror radio9. Multifarious terrors: horror audio in the digital age; Conclusion: Closing thoughts; Appendices; Appendix 1: Appointment with Fear listings; Appendix 2: Mystery and Imagination listings; Appendix 3: Music in Appointment with Fear; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester New York : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (223 pages)
• Subjects: 791.409; Horror radio programs -- Great Britain -- History; Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History; Digital media -- Great Britain; PERFORMING ARTS -- Radio -- History & Criticism; Digital media; Horror radio programs; Radio broadcasting; Horrorerzählung; Hörfunksendung; Horror radio programs -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain; Großbritannien; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781707265; 9781526102560; 1526102560
• Related ISBNs: 178170726X; 9780719081484; 0719081483
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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