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thevampiremars's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
The BBC: Myth of a Public Service manages to strike a healthy balance of being academic and being accessible. It is thoroughly researched (footnotes galore!) but, at the same time, approachably written and well explained. Mills provided some good insights (on the BBC’s reliance on the state/government, apoliticism and conservatism, capitalism and creativity, etc.) and he concludes the book with a call for decentralisation, democratisation, and diversity.
Despite my praise, it must be said that the book was quite dry at times. There really is no way around that. This isn’t really the author’s fault – rather, the subject matter just didn’t intrigue me as much as I thought it would.
In the end, The BBC: Myth of a Public Service was paradoxically interesting yet also failing to hold my interest. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this book, but I’m sure others will enjoy it more than I did.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Police brutality
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism