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When It Hits The Fan

When It Hits The Fan

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Publisher's Synopsis

What happens when the worst happens?

Both David Yelland and Simon Lewis have been in the room when they've had to deal with exactly that. They have seen it all - from Simon's work in Downing Street during Gordon Brown's resignation and the reinvention of the royals' image, to David's time at the heart of the media landscape running The Sun national newspaper during its peak readership.

When It Hits the Fan is the first time that they've put all their knowledge into a playbook of golden rules for what to do when the worst happens, from lifetimes in the spin cycle. Packed with sage advice from their own experiences and behind-the-scenes stories from the messiest PR disasters they've been airlifted in to fix, they lift the bonnet on the PR engine that drives our media landscape today and dissect the most disastrous PR fails that the world has seen.

This is the book for anyone who wants to really know what happens when PR disaster strikes, and how to thrive in an environment ready to pounce.

About the Publisher

BBC Books

BBC Books is the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities. One of the UK's leading imprints in non-fiction publishing, BBC Books has had particular success in the food and drink, gardening, history, natural history, humour and travel genres. Amongst our authors are some of Britain's best-known and best-loved TV personalities including Delia Smith, David Attenborough, Alan Titchmarsh, Rick Stein and Ainsley Harriott.

Book information

ISBN: 9781785949708
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Imprint: BBC Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 750g
Height: 240mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 40mm