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The Listeners

Series about people whose professional lives revolve around listening.

Radio 4,11 episodes

Episodes

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Series 4
Episode 1
Two female composers reveal how there is far more to listening than hearing.
29 Nov 2016,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 2
A profoundly deaf woman reveals how there is more to listening than hearing.
06 Dec 2016,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 3
A WWII transatlantic telephone line censor reveals what happens when you really listen.
13 Dec 2016,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 1
Professional listeners reveal how there is far more to listening than hearing.
22 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 2
A whale biologist is among those who reveal there is more to listening than hearing.
29 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 3
Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals how there is more to listening than hearing.
05 Jan 2016,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 1
Four individuals discuss the part languages and words play in their working lives.
05 Aug 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 2
Four professional listeners reveal how they use sounds as indicators of health and quality
12 Aug 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 3
Listening is about more than hearing, as we discover with four individuals.
19 Aug 2014,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 1
Professional listeners reveal how there is far more to listening than hearing.
19 Feb 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 2
Patrick Aryee meets people who 'listen' to sounds beyond the human range of hearing.
26 Feb 2013,28 mins