Fantastic Noise
By University of Bedfordshire
A podcast about making radio, from the University of Bedfordshire. Join Terry Lee as we hear from experts and professionals talking about a variety of radio topics, as well as jargon-busting, and discussion exploring how we define what good audio is.
Latest episode
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Writing Audio Drama (with Holy Smokes’ Joel Emery)
The last episode of this series. Joel Emery from Holy Smokes is the writer of podcasts The Offensive, Jackie The Ripper and BOOM. He gives us top tips for creating audio drama, and goes into detail about the viability of the audio drama business. Cli… -
Long Form Audio (with the BBC’s Georgia Coan)
Georgia Coan is an award-winning podcast producer, investigative journalist, and presenter who currently works in the BBC Long Form Audio Department. She has produced and reported for award-winning podcasts like Radio 4’s Beyond Today, BBC New’s yout… -
Early Breakfast (with BBC Radio London’s Jason Rosam)
Jason Rosam is the host of Early Breakfast for BBC Radio London. He spent some time talking with us about what's involved, and gave us his advice for good local radio. Link to episode that features in the audio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cy… -
Music Programming (with Radio X’s Lea Stonhill)
The lovely folk at Radio X are broadly aiming their output at an audience aged between 25 and 44, according to the website of the parent company Global. So how do you decide what music they should be listening to? Lea Stonhill, Music Programmer at th… -
Making The Skewer (with producer Tony Churnside)
The Skewer is a multi-award-winning programme from BBC Radio 4. It combines sound-bites, surreal content and music into a form of sound collage. It is poignant and funny. Every episode's final mix is done by Tony Churnside, and he kindly spoke to us … -
25 Years Of Radio LaB 97.1FM
In this episode we reflect on the 25th birthday of the University Of Bedfordshire's community radio station, Radio LaB 97.1FM. In May 2022 we were celebrating. Our beloved radio station, Radio LaB, marked 25 years since it’s first incarnation as Lut… -
Making On Track In Greensand Country
In this episode we take a closer look at the making of 'On Track In Greensand Country', an 'audio journey' created by Terry & Dr Lawrie Hallett in April 2021 for the Greensand Country Festival 2021 & shortlisted in the Community Radio Awards 2021.Lin… -
5 Live Sport (with Emma Saunders)
In this episode the fantastically talented Emma Saunders speaks with us about broadcasting on BBC 5 Live as part of their sports team. If you ever wanted to learn more about how they go around the grounds so fast on a Saturday afternoon, this is the … -
Voxpops (with BBC3CR‘s Justin Dealey)
Voxpops. The voice of the people. The person on the street interview. It’s about getting the opinions of ordinary people on the street on a given issue – to present a sample of public opinion at any given time or place. It’s also something we teach i… -
Football Fan Podcasts
Terry loves Crystal Palace FC. Obviously not everybody does. FYP is a podcast made by and for Crystal Palace fans. Sports fan-run podcasts are increasingly popular, every major sports team will have at least one in their honour. The specific and pers…
