This book looks at the rise in Pevsner's standing at the BBC, at what he was admired for, and at the circumstances surrounding his being commissioned, in the mid-1950s. 'Stephen Games is a leading authority on the life and work of Nikolaus Pevsner and this lucid and immensely readable history is as fascinating as it is informative. We learn much of Pevsner's work as a broadcaster but at the same time the post-war BBC and British society is revealed in this very detailed account. The fascination of Stephen Games' authoritative account of Pevsner's BBC career is how much we learn about the BBC itself and post-war Britain. This is a thoughtful and perceptive contribution to the field which will be seized on by broadcasting historians.' Hugh Chignell, Bournemouth University, UK