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2nd February 1958 – Birmingham Post previews A Winter Journey

Feb 2, 1958

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in 1950s, 1958, Print Article

“This is the first application the BBC has made of this technique to a dramatic production not specially written for the purpose. Radiophonic sound is the imaginative use of sound specially created to convey emotional effects in a way neither actors nor conventional sounds or music can achieve.”

30th December 1957 – Wiring of the Workshop studio begins

Dec 30, 1957

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in 1957

27th October 1957 – The Metamorphosis broadcast (Third Programme)

Oct 27, 1957

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in 1957, Desmond Briscoe

“A story by Kafka from the collection “In the Penal Settlement” translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. Read by Kenneth Griffith with music composed by Franz Reizenstein.”

7th October 1957 – Private Dreams and Public Nightmares broadcast (Third Programme)

Oct 7, 1957

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in 1957, Daphne Oram

“A radiophonic poem by Frederick Bradnum with Joan Sanderson, Andrew Sachs and Frederick Treves. Production by Donald McWhinnie who introduces the programme”