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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

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Suzy Klein examines how the music of the 19th century was able to flourish through economic and social change, as well as a technological revolution. Show more

Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics

Series 1

Episode 1: Making Sound

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dr Helen Czerski investigates the science behind the sounds we're familiar with and the sounds that we normally can't hear, from Big Ben to the Stromboli volcano. Show more

Docudrama portrait of Delia Derbyshire, the electronic sound pioneer behind the Doctor Who theme tune, that explores the idea that this extraordinary composer herself lived outside of time and space. Show more

Contributors

Delia Derbyshire:
Caroline Catz
Young Delia Derbyshire:
Honor-Ray Caplan-Higgs
Desmond Briscoe:
Richard Glover
Radiophonic Workshop Technician:
Zacahary Hart
The Men behind Desks:
Michael Higgs
David Vorhaus:
Tom Meeten
Maddelena Fagandini, Jen, Actor, Mary Wollstonecraft:
Saskia Reeves
Brian Hodgson:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Producer:
Andy Starke
Director:
Caroline Catz

BBC Proms

2018

Pioneers of Sound

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four HD

First transmitted in 2018. British composer Anna Meredith presents this special tribute to the pioneers of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, including Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Uninterrupted and unspoiled by voiceover or music, the birdsong of sunrise in all its glory. Three different habitats, Britain's woodland, heathland and parkland, burst into song. Show more

Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics

Series 1

Episode 1: Making Sound

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dr Helen Czerski investigates the science behind the sounds we're familiar with and the sounds that we normally can't hear, from Big Ben to the Stromboli volcano. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Suzy Klein examines how the music of the 19th century was able to flourish through economic and social change, as well as a technological revolution. Show more

BBC Four HD

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