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Oil Rig

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A sound portrait of a visit.
One of the first feature programmes to be recorded in binaural stereo, Oil Rig was first broadcast on Radio 3 in February 1977. A BBC team spent several days living on board Sea Quest, one of the most successful exploration rigs in the story of North Sea oil and gas.
This shortened version of the original programme received special mention from the jury of the Italia Prize in 1977. Field recordings by LEO FEORD and LLOYD SILVERTHORNE
Technical realisation in binaural sound by LLOYD SILVERTHORNE
Compiled and directed by ANTHONY SIMMONS
Producer RICHARD IMISON
A devastating impression of reality (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
(Stereo/Binaural)
(The full binaural effect can be achieved by listening through stereo headphones)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lloyd Silvertoorne
Unknown:
Lloyd Silverthorni
Directed By:
Anthony Simmons
Producer:
Richard Imison
Source: Radio Times

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