Tag: bbc

  • Another Green World

    Another Green World

    Fascinating documentary on Brian Eno by BBC’s Arena (he provided the music for their famous floating bottle logo) about how he works and his life. I especially love the whole thing about coming from family of postmen ‘we’re in communications!’ and him going fossil hunting as a kid. But the thing it seems people remember…

  • The Disc jockeys (1970)

    The Disc jockeys (1970)

    Amazing look into the working of Radio 1 in 1970 by Man Alive. Featuring the likes of John Peel, Kenny Everett, Jimmy Young, Emperor Rosko and yes Tony Blackburn, it’s a critical look at the rise of the DJ. Several of them particularly doesn’t come over that well with Peel criticising the fact that some…

  • Barefaced Greek

    Barefaced Greek

    Talking as I was in the last post of taking culture to children, I went to a discussion at Senate House about the work of Barefaced Greek, who aimed originaly to take ancient greek texts and make short videos for 14-15 year olds, although it seems they have a wider audience now. They are in…

  • The Guerrilla Guide To Podcasting Part Five

    The Guerrilla Guide To Podcasting Part Five

    The fifth and final part in a series on making your own podcast that won’t break the bank, concentrating on DIY and low-cost podcasting. Read part one, part two, part three and part four first. Site specific So as soon as you have recorded your first podcast, you need somewhere to upload it, and a…

  • Happy Birthday Radiophonic Workshop

    Happy Birthday Radiophonic Workshop

    BBC Radiophonic Workshop is 60 today, and the remaining members of the Workshop have posted this video to celebrate. It features a new track by Paddy Kingsland calles Radiophonic, and comes with some news – the back catalogue will be re-released on vinyl and CD, and a 60th box set with unreleased music. And, most…

  • Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy reaches 40

    Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy reaches 40

    Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet where on 10:30 pm on Wednesday, 8th March 1978 a radio program went…

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