Shell Shock
David Hendy visits Flanders, Belgium, to explore the sonic onslaught that was released at the Front during the First World War.
The rumble of artillery bombardment in Northern France could be heard as far away as Kent during the First World War. Up close in the trenches, soldiers experienced a sonic onslaught that continued night and day: howling shells, the machine gun's rattle, and the screams of injured men.
Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex visits Flanders to relay echoes from the Front.
30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.
Signature tune composed by Joe Acheson.
Producer: Matt Thompson
A Rockethouse production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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British Library curator Dr Janet Topp Fargion previews the final week of the Noise series.
Broadcasts
Mon 22 Apr 2013 13:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Mon 23 Nov 2015 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 24 Nov 2015 02:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 24 Jun 2019 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 25 Jun 2019 02:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
Noise retold by Matthew Herbert
The head of the New Radiophonic Workshop retells the Noise series using only the sounds.