Watched the BBC 4 documentary on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop last night. Fascinating stuff: John Baker, Delia Derbyshire, the Doctor Who signature tune, atmospheres for the Hitchhiker's Guide, and a room given over to the deformation and recomposition of sound (real hands-on cutting and splicing and rewinding and fast-forwarding). Was it the advent of synthesizers that put paid to the Workshop? Or John Birt's new policies of financial accountability? Or ... ?
Pogle Genius Oliver Postgate doing the commentary was the icing on the cake. Just occasionally television gets it so right.
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