Projects
A few recent projects we’re proud of
The Easts
An 8-part drama series for community stations across the east of England, supported by the Audio Content Fund to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Sounds of Paul McCartney
A celebration of the UK’s most successful songwriter for BBC Radio 2 to tie in with his appearance at Glastonbury 2022.
Sounds Of The 21st Century
We are now in production on an ambitious 11-part series for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds which will air from September 2021, presented by Claudia Winkleman.
LOLs on LPs
During the first lockdown of 2020 we produced LOLs on LPs, an Archive Hour for BBC Radio 4 with David Walliams where he celebrated his early comic influences with lots of ripe language.
Virtual Strawberry Fair
We were delighted to receive an Audio Production Awards nomination for our Virtual Strawberry Fair project, 12 hours of programming for Cambridge105Radio.
The Wolves Are Coming Back
Professor Rebecca Pates reported for BBC Radio 4 on the rise of right wing politics in the former DDR. Soon to be available as a book.
Building Bridges
Midge Ure presents an investigation of Middle 8s in pop music. They’re not always in the middle, they’re not always 8 bars, but they do always create drama and excitement in a host of well-known songs.
Cambridge Companions
A week of short-form features on isolation and loneliness in the pandemic which was broadcast by 9 commercial and community stations around East Anglia.
The Listeners’ Archive
TDC developed this project as part of the BBC’s 90th Anniversary celebrations. Listeners to all BBC radio services were asked to scour their houses to find tapes of BBC programmes which were never saved.
Sounds Of The 20th Century
Our landmark 50 part series recalling the triumphs and the trivia, the personalities and the pop music of every year from 1951 to 2000 ran from April 2011 to March 2012 on BBC Radio 2.
Petula Clark
The 80th birthday and Britain’s most successful female singer, and the release of her new album Lost In You, were celebrated in two documentaries produced by TDC.
Selling Out
Part of the R1/1Xtra Stories series. An investigation into the commercialisation of pop lyrics and videos. Britney made $500,000 from product placement in just ONE video last year.
On The Street Where You Live
A documentary recalling 50 Years of BBC Radio Nottingham presented by Simon Mayo
Innervisions
Trevor Dann examined the amazing work of visually-impaired musicians like Monix (above) for BBC Radio 4.
The Lost World Of The LP
A third series of essays by writer David Hepworth (above) for BBC Radio 3
Songwriting With Soldiers
Trevor Dann spent a weekend in New York State for a BBC Radio 4 documentary about the project where singers and composers work with veterans suffering from PTSD.
Friendly Radio
Our celebration 50 years of BBC Local Radio presented by David Lloyd aired on all 40 BBC Local Radio stations.