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Life on a shanty boat
A 20-minute watery odyssey - idling down the Tennessee River.
A journey along the Sacred River
Sounds of the sacred from around the world, introduced by Neil MacGregor.
An immersive experience of the British countryside
The sounds of a walk along Offa's Dyke, with Horatio Clare.
Sounds of a mountain climb in the Lake District
The poet Helen Mort and her friend Andrew set off on a climb up Middle Fell Buttress.
Dementia voices
People with dementias and their carers talk movingly about their everyday lives.
Bach Walks
In 1705, a young musician set out on an epic journey to meet his hero...
Nick Luscombe’s Japanese journey
A hyper-real sonic journey through Japan's multifaceted soundscapes.
A visit to a snowy forest near Oslo
Capturing sounds from the forest, including hibernating tadpoles beneath the snow.
A late night trip across Kabukicho, Tokyo’s entertainment district
Nick Luscombe heads to ‘sleepless town’, known for drinking dens and seedy back streets
Nightingales
A magical late night duet between a shakuhachi player and a nightingale
Slow sheep in Southern Spain
Writer Chris Stewart takes us to meet some shepherds in the mountains of Alpujarras.
Forgotten Sounds
Typewriters, steam engines and foundries - these forgotten sounds take us back in time.
A moment of calm in Gwydyr Forest
Get surrounded by nature - birdsong, rustling leaves and the stillness of the forest.
Sounds of the Earth
An orchard in the Cotswolds, a Japanese paddy field in summer, and Florida's Everglades.
A walk in the New Forest
Calming birdsong and the crunch of leaves from the New Forest in spring.
Walking Through Time
Meditating on time whilst walking through the largest collection of clocks in England
Armistice Sonic Memorials
The sounds of battlefields across the world today – from the Somme to Afghanistan
Nestle for a while into a Humberside reed-bed and the grasslands of the Kalahari.
Into the Forest – Sherwood Forest
Step into Sherwood Forest at night with tawny owls calling to each other in the trees.
The Last Elfdalians
A collage of forest sounds and the endangered Swedish forest language Elfdalian.
Midnight at the Oasis
Dawn to Dusk in the Kalahari Desert - a time-lapse recorded by Chris Watson.
The silence of the monastery
Monks meditate on the nature of silence, amid the peace and serenity of the monastery.
Wordless prayer
Monks meditate on the subject of prayer amid the peace and serenity of the monastery.
Living and working in a monastery
Monks meditate on their working lives amid the peace and serenity of the monastery.
Monks and meditation
Monks find focus amid the peace and serenity of the monastery.
Divine love of the monastery
Monks reflect on their experience of divine love in the peace of the monastery.
A festive reindeer wonderland
Have yourself a serene little Christmas with the sounds of reindeer and an enchanted wood
Bach walks
Retracing the 20-year-old Bach's 250-mile journey across Germany in search of his hero.
Bach Walks: Schierke to Brocken Summit
Horatio Clare retraces JS Bach's 250-mile journey to visit his hero. Episode 2/5.
Cattle Blessing on the Burren
Irish cows make their way up to the winter grazing grounds high above Galway Bay
Into the Forest - Squam Lake, New Hampshire, USA
A montage of sounds from the forests around Squam Lake, New Hampshire during the Fall.