Radio 3's Soundscape of a Century

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Press rewind on a century of the BBC with an epic 8-hour soundscape of archive and music.

Radio 3 invites listeners to press rewind on a century of the BBC, with an epic, eight-hour soundscape. Visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury for the stories behind the music.

Radio 3 invites listeners to press rewind on a century of the BBC with an epic, eight-hour soundscape. Seismic events, cultural landmarks, unforgettable voices and BBC history, all woven together with the greatest classical music of the age. Radio 3's Soundscape of a Century is a sonic celebration, rather than an exhaustive timeline - an eclectic, joyful attempt to capture the spirit of the century, its music and culture, as heard on the BBC. For more information about the stories behind the music, visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury.

Radio 3's Soundscape of a Century: 1980s

1980s

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3's Soundscape of a Century, 1980s

Relive 100 years of the BBC with a soundscape of classical music & sounds from the archive

Press rewind on a century of the BBC with an epic, eight-hour soundscape: seismic events, cultural landmarks, unforgettable voices and BBC history intertwined with classical music.

The 1980s sees the dawn of the computer age, welcome relief as the UK recovers from the turmoil of the Falklands conflict and miners’ strike. We'll remember much loved broadcasts from Eastenders and Michael Palin, and hear the voices of Maya Angelou and Stephen Hawking. There's music by John Tavener and Mark-Anthony Turnage, John Adams and Joan Tower, and remember a historic concert, with Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

For more information about what you’re hearing, visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury

Archive:

1983 Sixty Minutes: Personal computers
1986 Micro Live - Electronic Mail
1982 BBC news coverage The Falklands War 
1987 BBC Weather - Michael Fish
1981 The Money Programme - The Rubik's Cube
1984 BBC news coverage of the Miners Strike 
1985 Wogan – Bob Geldof interview
1985 BBC News - Live Aid		
1983 Riverside: Tony Wilson interview
1986 Eastenders - Den serves divorce papers
1984 In the Psychiatrists Chair - Maya Angelou
1988 Desert Island Discs - Stephen Hawking	
1980 Profile - Peter Maxwell Davies 
1989 Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin (BBC) 
1989 BBC News - George Bush 
1989 BBC News - Berlin Wall opened Brian Hanrahan
1989 BBC News - Kate Adie in Tiananmen Square

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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