The Emperor and the Pianola

Professor Shawn Sobers uncovers the fascinating story of The Emperor and the Pianola.

• 29 mins

Notes on Water

Amanda Dalton's Notes on Water, with sound design by Laurence Nelson.

• 29 mins

The Racing Mind

A meditation on ultrarunning through interviews, poetry, location recordings and music.

• 30 mins

Noise

A sonic trip through our tick-box, on-hold, automated world, turning bureaucracy into art.

• 30 mins

The Lark Descending

Vaughan Williams's most famous piece reworked and reimagined in music and field recordings

• 29 mins

Jamming with Birds

A celebration of birdsong through the making of an album by musician Cosmo Sheldrake.

• 29 mins

In the Footsteps of Beryl the Boot

An evocation of Foley artist Beryl Mortimer.

• 29 mins

California Burning

High above the giant sequoias, poet Kim Addonizio shadows Jack Kerouac as a fire watcher.

• 29 mins

The Radio of the Future

A new radio poem in three voices from Paul Farley, marking the centenary of BBC radio.

• 44 mins

A Life Refracted

The sound of a human lifetime as refracted through a century of BBC archive.

• 30 mins

Miniatures

Khangela

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Miniatures

The House in a House

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Miniatures

feeling body

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Miniatures

Beyond the Box

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Miniatures

The Beach

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Dying Embers: The UK's last Coal-Fired Power Stations

Andrew Carter’s coal-to-kettle soundscape pays homage to these vast cathedrals of power.

• 29 mins

Dying Embers: The UK's last Coal Fired Power Stations

Andrew Carter’s coal-to-kettle soundscape pays homage to these vast cathedrals of power

• 28 mins

Imagining the Permafrost

A journey into the permafrost

• 29 mins

Deep Listening in Japan

A sonic journey into Japan's unique culture of music cafés and listening bars.

• 29 mins

Year of the Corvids

The mind and time of corvids has been a never-ending quest for scientist Nicola Clayton.

• 29 mins

Scoring Mental Health

Vivid new sound and music capturing how mental illness resonates to those mentally unwell

• 29 mins

Secrets of the Scottish Rainforest

Poet Kathleen Jamie explores a temperate rainforest on the west coast of Scotland.

• 30 mins

Supply Lines

Aidan Tulloch reimagines the journey an item goes on in the age of the 24/7 supply chain.

• 29 mins

From Dusk Till Dawn

Field recordings across East Anglia at night-time create an atmospheric radiophonic work.

• 30 mins

And the Crowd Roars

At the heart of any football match is the crowd. Mark Burman captures the joy and despair.

• 30 mins

I Remember Joe Brainard

A celebration of the writer Joe Brainard's most influential book, I Remember.

• 30 mins

Tuning Up

Poet Aidan Tulloch explores the transformative space where people become performers.

• 30 mins

Before Route One

Icelandic tales from the past are not forgotten but fused with epic sounds of nature.

• 30 mins

Miniatures

Smell Smelling

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins

Miniatures

Taste (How To Be Cool)

Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

• 14 mins