London calling Italy

Ester Lo Biundo is a transnational modern historian, specialising in media history, popular culture and public engagement.She has extensively published on the BBC Italian Service and has recently researched the ways in which BBC and RAI radio exported British youth cultures in Italy in the post - war decades. She has also worked for schools, universities and museums both in the United Kingdom and Italy

• Introduction: why Radio London?1 Radio at war2 The Italian Service3 Exiles: biographies, memories and experiences of the Italian anti-fascist broadcasters4 The Italian broadcasters and the British Foreign Office5 The enemy: Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR)6 Occupation/Liberation7 Who tuned in to the BBC? The Italian Service: its target audiences and listenersConclusion: Radio Londra between myth and realityBibliographyIndex

'London Calling Italy offers an expertly researched, thought-provoking analysis of BBC propaganda for Italy during the Second World War, exploring how programmes were put together and what listeners made of them. It will surely become the key work on this topic.' Simon Potter, Professor of Modern History at the University of Bristol'This is a lively book that makes excellent use of its high-profile interviews to highlight an elite view of how the British economy should be managed.'Duncan Needham, Journal of British Studies