Desert Island Discs: the radio industry — Eduqas GCSE Media Studies C680
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680
Desert Island Discs: the radio industry
Radio: Desert Island Discs
What you need to know
Desert Island Discs: a BBC Radio 4 talk programme first recorded in 1942, in which a guest chooses eight recordings, a book and a luxury to take to a desert island and talks about their life.
Public service broadcasting: the BBC's remit, licence-fee funding and regulation by Ofcom, and how they shape the programme.
How it has changed in response to industry demands: from scheduled radio to BBC Sounds, podcasts, an online archive and its website.
Its place in the history of talk radio, and why a long-running programme matters to the BBC.
