Podcast
Forest 404
Hosted by BBC Radio 4 · EN
Can you feel loss for something you've never known? An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood. With theme music by Bonobo. Written by Timothy X Atack and directed by Becky Ripley. Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape. Plus, take part in The Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature.
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S9: Bonobo’s Theme
May 30, 201900:25:34Tap to summarizeOur final soundscape, a full playout of the Forest 404 theme tune, composed by Bonobo. The track samples the whistling bird from the Sumatran rainforest recording that kick-starts Pan’s journey. Headphones are best. Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest #Forest404
Transcribe →T9: Love Letter to the Forest...
May 30, 201900:25:34Tap to summarizeA love letter to the forests of the world. Written by David Haskell, read by Pearl Mackie. The first forests grew 400 million years ago. Time enough for them to have listened to this world and discovered how to bring about new life. Produced by Eliza Lomas and Becky Ripley.And don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →Ep9: Enigmata
May 30, 201900:25:34Tap to summarizeDaria escorts Pan to The Convocation. An era has ended. Can, or should, a new one begin?An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.Theme music by Bonobo.Written by Timothy X Atack.Director: Becky RipleyEach episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →S8: The Memory Transfer
May 23, 201900:04:01Tap to summarizeA soundscape for Episode 8. Theia’s half-remembered memory of her daughter humming by the sea's edge, used by Guggy for the brain transfer. Wind howls, thunder cracks, gulls call overhead. Headphones are best. With sound design by Graham Wild and Becky Ripley.Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →T8: How will humans die out?
May 23, 201900:10:03Tap to summarizeA talk for episode 8, an ode to Theia. Anthropologist Michael Rivera on our evolutionary history compared to other less successful species who became extinct. Are we heading in the same direction? Produced by Eliza Lomas and Becky Ripley. Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest #Forest404
Transcribe →Ep8: Future Conditional
May 23, 201900:20:13Tap to summarizePan and Theia have a plan, but it’s a sketchy one and it’s probably going to go wrong.An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.Theme music by Bonobo.Written by Timothy X Atack.Director: Becky RipleyEach episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →S7: Daria’s Nightmare
May 16, 201900:05:15Tap to summarizeA soundscape for Episode 7. A full playout of one of Daria’s nightmares. Flesh and feather aberrations, horrific chirruping little fluff balls laughing through tiny keratin megaphones. Headphones are best. With sound design by Graham Wild and Becky Ripley. Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →T7: Would you vote for an AI government?
May 16, 201900:07:19Tap to summarizeA talk for Episode 7. Biofuturist and sci-fi writer Elsa Sotiriadis on whether AI would run the country better than us humans. Produced by Eliza Lomas and Becky Ripley. Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest #Forest404
Transcribe →Ep7: Dreams of the Autopilot
May 16, 201900:18:05Tap to summarizeDaria has a confession to make – a secret from her past that haunts her every night.An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.Theme music by Bonobo.Written by Timothy X Atack.Director: Becky RipleyEach episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest#Forest404
Transcribe →S6: Pan’s Dwindling
May 9, 201900:04:59Tap to summarizeA soundscape for Episode 6. A full playout of Pan’s dwindling as her system shuts down. Cicadas accelerate into oblivion, whales call from the deep, birds morph into monkeys, waves crash into white noise. Headphones are best. With sound design by Graham Wild and Becky Ripley. Don’t forget to take part in our Forest 404 Experiment to see how you respond to natural sounds at: bbc.co.uk/forest #Forest 404
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