1968: The RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP make the SOUNDS OF A SPACESHIP | Tom Tom | Retro Music | BBC Archive

"No, I'm not in the 21st century; I'm in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop."
John Baker, Brian Hodgson, David Cain and Dick Mills show Janet Kelly some of the techniques the BBC's in-house sound effects department use to create otherworldly sounds.
This clip is from Tom Tom, originally broadcast 26 November, 1968.
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[@MarkMcCluney]

You're in there Brian.

[@davidhuggins16]

The track John Baker plays at 6:38 is his radiophonic signature tune for “Tom Tom”, the magazine programme this clip is taken from. And at the start 0:01 you hear an excerpt from his track Structures, which was included on the BBC Radiophonic Music album released in 1968.

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

Wow - Brian Hodgson right around the time of his involvement in the recording of the White Noise album AN ELECTRIC STORM with Delia Derbyshire & David Vorhaus...a truly unique album.

[@hendryde-lux4287]

Can you imagine if there was footage of them making it? Would love to see that

[@martinfenton1275]

The Maida Vale echo room was home to every spider in North London.

[@gehegedrei]

How beautiful to see this.

[@petergivenbless900]

The sexual tension in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was almost unbearable!

[@toquita3D]

"Thanks, love!"

[@NgaTaeOfficial]

Thank god it's not just me who noticed. That jounalist is STOKED to be there!! 😁

[@smokerjim]

1:42 listen to the reporter's words and tell me if you heard a comma.

[@undercoverwoo]

She asked him for 'instant spaceship'... I mean.... Hmmm...

[@MR-ew6uw]

"It's very impressive dick - what else have you got in there?"

[@lyntedrockley7295]

Just by the door that opened on to the corridor that led to the rooms housing the Radiophonic workshop was a framed reproduction of a page from The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon. It described the wondrous things that this futurstic land possesed. And this page mentions that -(can't quote exactly) We also have sound houses that can send forth all manner of music that please the ear and make any sound at command to soothe or terrify etc etc. The idea being that the Radiophonic workshop was the very manifestation of this prescient and remarkable prediction. Pity the prediction didn't forsee the whole lot being put in a skip made obselete by a laptop.

[@undercoverwoo]

Interesting - the second Wavemaker album is titled 'New Atlantis'...!

[@paulashe61]

Always wanted new Atlantis by Francis Bacon the radiophonic one not a screaming pope one.

[@lyntedrockley7295]

Very impressive Dick. Yup!

[@paulashe61]

As a child of the 70’s the excitement of hearing radiophonic music on every BBC morning or cheap BBC schools it was everywhere. Moron people didn’t have a clue but dr who fans knew.

[@simoncumming2124]

I wonder if that piano at 1:38 is the one they originally used to make the Tardis dematerialisation effect?

[@alastairfraser8177]

Very creative

[@MrDaiseymay]

I remember the earliest electronic music on the Radio in the early 1950's, 'Journey into Space' was the first, 3 sries I think. Later came Dr Who, in 60's TV etc etc, I have two of the Radiophonic Workshop CD's, with the whole history of this creation. BUT, without doubt THEE greatst breakthrough was the Vinyl ( and later CD --''Switched on Bach'' by Walter ( later, Wendy Carlos ) on her Moog synthersizer.. Later still , She created the electronic muisc fpr ''A Clockwork Orange''.

[@SeymourClevage]

My God. How far we've come since then.

[@mysterymanla6158]

Yes but have we?? There was something wonderfully organically analog about the sound that they were creating in the workshop.

[@ShamrockParticle]

Recording methods have improved, that's clearly true.

[@wobblybobengland]

Ahh, the sound of polystyrene on glass

[@croiners4166]

❤

[@walkingtheboogie]

Nice to see a clip of Evil of the Daleks. I think that is a missing episode.

[@Joey15811]

6/7 parts are missing

[@suddenhungerTV]

Not exactly Berberian Sound Studio 😀 Great to see John Baker.

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

This is actually how the did the tardid take off noise: 3:11

[@mmmdananananone]

My dream job.

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

"No I'm not in the 21st century."

[@rjjcms1]

When I heard her say that I put my hand up and said "I am!"

[@t3chnod3lic]

I still have the 'Death and Horror' album (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bITXk4KLbL-Cqck) and 'More Death and Horror' (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2Swpn6sntSWgKM) from the BBC workshop. Also have 'Out of this World' album (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqiUp36GprSnhZY ). Classic days. We were a strange bunch lol

[@paulashe61]

Isn’t this a later reconstruction

[@juanfrankazofeifagonzalez6583]

- AnoTher ExTraOrdinary DocumenTs...~😀🌉📻

[@rodrigoaquinoofficial]

Where is Ringo?

[@UncleFeedle]

She has a thing for geeks. 😄

[@somepoorsoul]

Need some weird sounds? Better Call Saul

[@harryjones5260]

(hopefully) "you might recognise this..." {FILM CUTS to save embarrassment}. no, she didn't.