Sounds of the Earth – November

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from a Loch in the Scottish Highlands to the evergreen forests of Thailand via South Africa and a tiny Gloucestershire village.With field recordings by Hugh Manistree, Grace Niska Atkins, Christopher H...

The Ciderhouse Rebellion & Jessie Summerhayes in the Rosedale Valley

In the shadow of the disused ironstone kilns of the Rosedale Valley in North Yorkshire, Ciderhouse Rebellion - fiddle player Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger - conjure up a soundscape of rare beauty - improvised on the spot. Then they add ...

Sounds of the Earth – October

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from a wolf sanctuary in Portugal to a watery Danish peninsula. Plus, sounds from grazing time at Lake Naivasha, Kenya and evening sunlight at the South Downs National Park with rooks, pigeons and a ni...

Sounding Jarrow Slake

Jarrow Slake is an expanse of tidal mudflats at the mouth of the Tyne with fascinating social and natural histories. The Venerable Bede lived and worked here; timber from Scandinavia was brought to mature in its ponds. In 1972 the Port of Tyne authority fi...

The Urban Gardener – Kate Poland (Radio Walks)

Radio Walks – The Urban Gardener, Kate Poland.  “Everyone has a right to access nature and green spaces. It should not be a privilege. Growing stuff is political and empowering: putting a seed in the ground and creating something is a rebellious a...

Edgelarks at Scorhill Stone Circle

A Bronze Age site on Dartmoor, six musical instruments, a feather, harmonica-enhanced beatboxing, a stone that is said to increase fertility, a fast flowing river, a baby and a caring grandmother - all ingredients of a wonderful walk with the award-winning...

Sounds of the Earth – September

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the ruins of Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight to Cerne Abbas in Dorset, via a 15th Century church in Kings Norton and a leafy park in Oxfordshire.With field recordings by Mary Edwards and Scott Ar...

Homeward

After a break of over a year owing to Covid 19 Restrictions, Calum and Claire MacAulay travel back to their native Skye and North Uist for a long awaited reunion with family.

The Dunwich Dynamo

Experience a night-time journey from central London to the Suffolk coast, on a bicycle.

Olivia Chaney at the House on Hawnby Moor

Olivia Chaney wrote many of the songs for her critically acclaimed second solo album whilst living alone without electricity or mains water at her family’s remote and crumbling farmhouse on Hawnby Moor in North Yorkshire. On a hot summer’s day, she tak...

Sounds of the Earth – August

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the Scottish border, to a remote island in the Cyclades, via Northumbrian moorlands and the Ribble Valley.With field recordings by Chris Watson, Heather Wright and Tom and Jan Perrett.

A Night on Lundy

An audio voyage to the remote island of Lundy, a haven for marine wildlife.12 miles off the coast of North Devon, Lundy has long been a place of refuge. Once ruled by Barbary pirates and political plotters, the island's stormy history has blown over, leavi...

Robert Macfarlane & Johnny Flynn at Wandlebury

Question: What do you get when you go walking with the nature writer Robert Macfarlane and the actor and musician Johnny Flynn on a scorching hot summer's day in Wandlebury?Answer: A Neolithic track, an Iron Age fort, a Roman road, a holm oak, cow pats, a ...

Sounds of the Earth – July

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the parks of Madrid, to the southern tip of Exmoor National Park via the Malvern Hills.With field recordings by Kevin Tomkins, Julian Tanner, Tom Perrett and Ollie Marks.

Deep Blue to Pale Blue

Tie on to the rope of artist and climber Dan Shipsides to go sea cliff climbing at Fairhead on the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. For Dan climbing and art feed into one another in unexpected and complimentary ways - both are creative acts - apprec...

Jenny Sturgeon in Shetland

The singer, songwriter and artist Jenny Sturgeon has made her home on Shetland, a group of wild and wonderful islands in the North Atlantic. Her latest album “The Living Mountain” was inspired by the classic book about the Cairngorms by Nan Shepherd. O...

A Walk in the Woods, with Nicholas Halsey (Radio Walks)

The Gaddesden Estate is a 1,900 acre farming and forestry estate in the Chiltern Hills. The Halsey family has lived and farmed there for over 500 years. Today it is run by Nicholas Halsey and his son Guy. In this radio walk, Nick guides Jonathan Kempster ...

The Funfair

Escape to the seaside and enjoy the sounds of a day at the fair.As the country comes out of long periods of enforced lockdown, it's good to be reminded of the fun things that bring people together, and escape to a happy place, with reminders of holidays, c...

The Funfair

Escape to the seaside and enjoy the sounds of a day at the fair.As the country comes out of long periods of enforced lockdown, it's good to be reminded of the fun things that bring people together, and escape to a happy place, with reminders of holidays, c...

Sounds of the Earth – June

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the Grumeti River in the Serengeti to a tiny frog pool in East Sussex, via London and Suffolk.With field recordings by Chris Watson, Maria Margaronis, Sharon Sanderson and Hward Seaton.