Arena: Delia Derbyshire The Myths and the Legendary Tapes ( BBC)

BBC docudrama that explores the life and creative output of Coventry bornDelia Derbyshire electronic musician, sound pioneer and female outsider in postwar Britain. From 1962 until 1973, she worked at the BBCs Radiophonic workshop, where she created the iconic Doctor Who theme tune, which remained uncredited in her lifetime. Delia Derbyshire introduced avantgarde electronic sound to a whole generation through the medium of a childrens teatime television show. Sound was both a refuge for Delia and a haunting manifestation of something darker. Delia was three years old during the Coventry blitz listening to the electronic sounds of the airraid sirens against a backdrop of her devastated hometown. Delia describes the sound of the allclear and airraid sirens as her first experience of electronic music. Delias story is told through two archives: the first, a collection of lost works, 267 reels of quarterinch magnetic tape recordings of Delias work found in her attic after her death,