Discovery - Save Our Sounds - Episode 1

Save our sounds: In the first programme, acoustician Trevor Cox joins a soundwalk in central London and explores the world of acoustic ecology. Trevor meets artists and city planners to discuss how sound influences our lives and affects our well being. Are cities getting noisier or is it just that we're losing the quieter places we once had – the back streets and urban squares where citizens can go for a respite from the wall of noise? How has the soundscape in London changed and what sounds are in danger of being lost in the future?

Broadcast on:

BBC World Service, 2:32pm Sunday 12th July 2009

Duration:

28 minutes

Available until:

12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099

Categories:

• Factual,
• Science & Nature