Broadcasting a Life The Autobiography of Olive Shapley by Shapley, Olive - 1996

London: Scarlet Press. Very Good. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Corner crease to rear cover, slight shelf wear, named book plate to front endpaper. Some foxing to inside covers, endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Cover design by Suzanne Perkins including photo of author with children in Bacup, Lancashire on 4th September, 1939 taken during recording of the radio documentary, We Have Been Evacuated. ; B&W Photographs; 232 pages; Olive Shapley was one of the most imaginative and creative documentary radio producers in British broadcasting. Her career began at the BBC in 1934 and spanned forty years during which time she was involved in numerous radio and TV programmes. This lively and engaging autobiography is a 'who's who' of the early days of radio and TV broadcasting in the UK. Foreword by Barbara Castle. .