Factual: Health & Wellbeing
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 5
5/5 Andrew Martin describes how in order to escape noise, he goes on a retreat in Essex.
First broadcast: 27 Jan 2012
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 4
4/5 Andrew Martin looks to the skies, to those rumblings that always discombobulate him.
First broadcast: 26 Jan 2012
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 3
3/5 Andrew Martin on his boyhood love of train travel and noises on public transport today.
First broadcast: 25 Jan 2012
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 2
2/5 Andrew Martin laments 'piped music' and what he considers to be its worsening quality.
First broadcast: 24 Jan 2012
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 1
1/5 Andrew Martin explains 'phonophobia' and the strange measures he takes to banish it.
First broadcast: 23 Jan 2012
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With Sarah Walker. Including Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).