Pevsner: The BBC Years

Pevsner: The BBC Years gives the first full account of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s engagement with the BBC at a time when both were the dominant institutions in their own fields -- Pevsner as the most persuasive figure in architecture and art history, the BBC as the country''s sole broadcaster. A German emigré, Pevsner was not at first trusted to speak on the air, and was only invited to appear at ...