THE STORY OF BROADCASTING HOUSE MARK HINES Book Number: 73578 Product format: Hardback From its commanding position at the head of Regent Street, Broadcasting House is a London landmark, stylistically a fusion of Art Deco with the surrounding 18th century architecture. A major refurbishment and digitalisation project was completed in 2006, making it a building with the technology to take radio broadcasting well into the 21st century. Designed in the early 30s by the architect Lieutenant Colonel George Val Myer it was one of the first buildings in the world dedicated to radio. It became a victim of its own success and throughout the 20th century the corridors of this giant acoustic laboratory echoed to the sounds of expansion, though with the advent of television more and more of its functions were moved elsewhere. This beautiful book features outstanding photography by Tim Crocker to complement the archival photos that record the building's 80-year history. Every phase of construction was meticulously photographed, and we can also see the original plans together with studies of Eric Gill's sculpture "Prospero and Ariel". In the 1930s King Edward VIII and Winston Churchill are pictured uneasily waiting for the "on air" signal, and Val Gielgud, brother of John and Head of BBC Drama, is pictured recording his "hammy whodunit" Death at Broadcasting House. A final photo gallery includes wonderful Art Deco corridors and lifts, not to mention a striking shot of hundreds of coloured electricity cables. 192pp, colour photos. Published price: £29.95 Bibliophile price: £10.00

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