Desmond Briscoe & Maddalena Fagandini - Outside - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Daphne Oram - Amphitryon 38 - The Grey Area/BBC Music
John Baker - Woman's Hour (Reading Your Letters) - Trunk Records
Desmond Briscoe - Quatermass And The Pit (Effects) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Phil Young - The Splendour That Was Rome - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Maddalena Fagandini - Interval Signal - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Peter Howell - Mainstream - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Phil Young - Science And Industry - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Maddalena Fagandini - The Chem Lab Mystery - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Scanner - Milk Boaler - Audio Research Editions
Dick Mills - Major Bloodnok's Stomach - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Know Your Car (Get Out And Get Under) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Malcolm Clarke - Hurdy Gurdy - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Desmond Briscoe - Radio Blackburn - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Elizabeth Parker - The Lost Gardens Of Heligan - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Elizabeth Parker - Jungle - BBC Records
Elizabeth Parker - Living Planet - The Grey Area/BBC Music
David Cain - Doctors To Be - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Blue Veils & Golden Sands - BBC Records
Delia Derbyshire - Great Zoos Of The World - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Doctor Who - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Maddalena Fagandini - Time Beat - The Grey Area/BBC Music
John Baker - P.M. - The Grey Area/BBC Music
John Baker - Choice - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Jonathan Gibbs - Computers In The Real World - The Grey Area/BBC Music
John Baker - Tros Y Gareg (Over The Stone) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Arabic Science And Industry - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Jenyth Worsley - Music For A Magic Carpet - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Environmental Studies - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Talk Out - The Grey Area/BBC Music
John Baker - Good Morning Wales - The Grey Area/BBC Music
David Cain - Radio Stoke-On-Trent - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Peter Howell - The Secret War - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Steve Marshall - Archery And Cranes - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Peter Howell And Dick Mills - Fancy Fish (Aquarium) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Delia Derbyshire - Dance From Noah - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Peter Howell - Lascaux - The Grey Area/ BBC Music
Elizabeth Parker - Planet Earth (Scenes From The Living Planet) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Richard Attree - Music From The Demon Headmaster - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Dick Mills - Dandelion Countdown (Pictures In Your Mind) - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Peter Howell - Greenwich Chorus - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Dick Mills - Catch The Wind - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Dick Mills - Seascape - The Grey Area/BBC Music
Fireside Chat - Radiophonic Workshop Special
Elizabeth Parker
BBC, London
The Radiophonic Workshop first opened its doors in 1957. It started life as little more than an offshoot of the UK's government funded, BBC drama dept, but over the next eighteen years grew to produce the innovative sounds and music that became synonymous with shows like Dr Who and The Human Body. The workshop was formed at a time when sound technology was still in its infancy of props and tape-reels. Little was known at the time about the embryonic medium and the BBC was even initially wary to hire composers in the long term for fear of their ongoing health. We talk to one such composer, Elizabeth Parker, worked on the cult sci-fi series 'Blake 7', amongst others, and recalls here with affection, the open attitude of her colleagues and experimentation with new methods. Unfortunately however it didn't last and the subsequent cut in funding and increasing availability of technology such as synths, affected the Workshop's vitality and viability to the BBC altogether, forcing it's eventual closure in the 1990's. The original recordings are now preserved for posterity, but the Radiophonic Workshop's broader legacy is evident in the continual evolution of electronic music today. We hear it's story from the aforementioned substantial talent that is Ms Parker.
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