Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Today is Earth Day and we're be marking the occasion with the show that launched our year-long Nature Unwrapped 2020 series back in January. In Unsilent Spring, the eminent sound recordist, composer and Artist-in-Residence Chris Watson joined activist and author George Monbiot and folk musician Ewan McLennan to listen in to the sounds of nature, thriving and in trouble, through examples from his vast archive of field recordings.

Watch this latest excerpt featuring a musical number by McLennan followed by Watson introducing the fascinating aural world of humpback whales and orcas, and tune in at 19:00 BST to watch the entire show on KPlayer.

kingsplace.co.uk/kplayer