Trevor Dann
Trevor Dann is Creative Director of the independent production company TDC. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Lincoln. He presents the Radio Academy’s weekly podcast RadioTalk.
He was previously Chief Executive of The Radio Academy, Head of BBC Music Entertainment, Exec Producer of Top of the Pops, Head of Music at BBC Radio 1, MD of Pop at Emap, Managing Editor of GLR and producer of Whistle Test and Live Aid.
He is a regular contributor to The Word magazine and has been a columnist for both The Times and The Sunday Telegraph. His biography of Nick Drake, ‘Darker Than The Deepest Sea’, published in 2006, has just been reprinted by Little Brown. He is a Fellow of both The Radio Academy and the Royal Society of Arts.
Heather Davies
Heather is a Producer for Trevor Dann’s Company, and also produces the radio industry podcast RadioTalk. Her recent work includes the BBC Radio 2 two-part documentary Some Sunny Day: The Vera Lynn Story.
Before joining TDC, Heather worked for The Radio Academy for 2 years, producing audio from their events and managing their website. Before that she worked at Global Radio in Business Solutions, and was on the executive of the Student Radio Association, running the BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Awards and conference in 2007-8. Heather is a graduate of Edinburgh University where she was heavily involved with student radio station, Fresh Air. Heather is a founder member of networking organisation, Young Women in Media.
To find out more about the work of Trevor Dann’s Company, please visit www.trevordann.com
Sounds of the 20th Century 
Ive only just come across this series, but thanks, loved 1955 episode. 25 Years of Rock was very much a key bit of my education, so Im looking forward to sharing Sounds of the 20th Century with my kids. Im hoping there will be a way to listen to the first episodes I missed.
Too much to hope for I suppose, but it would be great if this could become a core of some new episodes of the Rock and Roll Years on TV.
Congratulations on a great series.
Hi Heather,
You mentioned in a previous post about block repeating some of the ‘no longer available after a week’ episodes of ‘Sounds of the 20th’… any progress regarding this?
It is such a shame to have missed just one episode which is no longer available.
Most posts on here seem to be either praising the series, asking to hear missed episodes or both!!!
Hi – loving what i have heard from the series so far.
At the start of the 1967 episode there is a piece of orchestral music playing.
Can you tell me please what it called.
Its the piece of music playing before Jeremy first speaks and then during until the Beatles come in.
Thanks
adam
The music is “Fanfare For The Common Man” written by Aaron Copland.
You might have come across a “rock” version of it by Emerson Lake & Palmer in the latter half of the 1970s
Really enjoyed 1966 BTW. I must have see/heard England win the World Cup hundreds of times, but in context of this show it seemed fresh and new – I found myself cheering England on!
As a huge fan of the original 25 Years and then 30 Years of rock series ( which by coincidence I am currently lovingly transferring to WAV ) this is a great update – quite a lot of the material is the same ( which just goes to show how damn near perfect the orginal series was ) but its very interesting to see what has changed too and of course the orginal series only went from 1955.
Always look forward to this every week. Brilliantly produced and putting radio to it’s best use. It will get even better from 1985 onwards, considering that’s when I was born, but overall it’s been an enjoyable listen from the beginning.
I won’t be happy if it doesn’t at least get one Sony nomination.
Where on Earth are Simple Minds?
Where was George Bush’s election? Are you editing bits out to fit in annoying trailers by order of the BBC?
That’s a bit harsh Stephen, they only have 1 hour per year! I’m sure that there’s loads that they would love to include but can’t.