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The Listening Service
Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works
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Ratings & Reviews
4.6 stars from 244 ratings
Always fascinating
I love this programme. Very informative. It opens windows in my mind.
Hokeykokey via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/27/23
LO’B
Always interesting, always insightful, always educational and endlessly charming
LO’B via Apple Podcasts · Ireland · 11/19/23
Well, I *did* love it . . .
1. It would never play or download unless you went to the BBC website. 2. Now it won’t even let you listen if you’re in the US. Anything from April forward is blocked. Extremely disappointed. I can’t see any reason to alienate listeners.
axejudge via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/29/23
Recent Episodes
Isn’t it great to be able to listen to so much music, to be able to search and scroll and find anything you want…? Or to have tracks suggested for you without even thinking about it…? Or is it? Perhaps you miss the days when you had to save up to buy a recording, and you loved it so much you...
Published 03/31/24
Published 03/31/24
Tom Service discovers the mighty musical power of needle drop - the use of pre-existing music in film soundtracks. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Barbie, from The Shining to Maestro, Tom listens in to some of the most iconic film scenes using needle-dropped classical music. He explores how...
Published 03/10/24
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