The Human Voice
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Human Voice
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and beatboxer Beardyman, acoustic engineer Prof Trevor Cox and neuroscientist Prof Sophie Scott to explore the amazing capabilities of the human voice. They chat about chatting, vocalise about voices and explore the extraordinary and unique way the human voice works from opera singing to laughter, and discovery why our voice has been so key to our success and survival as a species.
Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.1 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:04.2 | And I'm Robin Inns and today's show is about the human voice. |
| 0:06.6 | Now, we did ask Brian Blessed to come back for the show, |
| 0:09.6 | but he said, |
| 0:10.6 | I don't need to come back. |
| 0:12.2 | They'll still be on your hear my voice, |
| 0:14.2 | because once I'm smoking in a theatre, |
| 0:16.6 | they hear it for eternity. |
| 0:18.7 | I'm alive! |
| 0:20.7 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:22.3 | APPLAUSE |
| 0:29.5 | We're always such a workout. |
| 0:31.1 | Do you know what, every morning when I wake up, |
| 0:32.8 | if I feel a bit glamour, I just go, |
| 0:34.4 | I'm going to be Brian Blessed, |
| 0:36.2 | but only for a moment. |
| 0:38.1 | Good. |
| 0:40.6 | We all have very different voices. |
| 0:43.6 | I, for example, have a soft gentle northern voice, |
| 0:46.0 | according to Robin. |
| 0:47.0 | Perfect for talking about the universe and the nature of time. |
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