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BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

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Noise: A Human History: Music While You Shop, Music While You Work

Music While You Shop, Music While You Work

Noise: A Human History

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noise: A Human History, Music While You Shop, Music While You Work

David Hendy considers how music has been used to soothe, cheer, and inspire us.

David Hendy explores how music has been used to soothe us, cheer us, and make us productive over the past 100 years.

Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex considers how music has been used to soothe us, cheer us, and make us productive over the past 100 years. 

Featuring extremely rare recordings of wartime episodes of the much-loved BBC series, Music While You Work.

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

Signature tune composed by Joe Acheson. 
Producer: Matt Thompson

A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Documentaries

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.

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Programme Index

Noise: A Human History

Music While You Shop, Music While You Work

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Series

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