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Noise: A Human History: The Roaring Crowd

Prof David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans.

David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans, from the London Olympics to the barrage of sound experienced by spectators in the Roman Colosseum.

Episode nine of a thirty-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.

'And the crowd roars...' 

The London Olympics were a reminder of the barrage of sound that we noisy humans can make when we get together. Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex travels to one of history's great amphitheatres - the ruins of the Roman Colosseum - to explain the power of the crowd: how it showed approval and what happened when it was displeased.



Series producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4.

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Noise: A Human History

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Factual: History

Prof David Hendy on the role of sound and listening in 100,000 years of human history.

Prof David Hendy presents a 30-part series exploring the role of sound, and listening, in the past 100,000 years of human history.

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noise: A Human History, The Roaring Crowd

David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans, from the London Olympics to  the Roman Colosseum.

'And the crowd roars...' 

The London Olympics were a reminder of the barrage of sound that we noisy humans can make when we get together. Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex travels to one of history's great amphitheatres - the ruins of the Roman Colosseum - to explain the power of the crowd: how it showed approval and what happened when it was displeased.

30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.

Producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.

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