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Nihal Arthanayake sits in

Nihal Arthanayake sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs and discusses music in the operating theatre.

Nihal Arthanayake sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs, and discusses music in the operating theatre.

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Ramon Tahmassebi and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Samer Nashef talk about the role music plays in the hospital environment.

Have you ever listened to music before, during or after an operation? Do you find it easier to focus on your work if you are listening to your favourite music? Get in touch and let us know - text 64046 or tweet us @bbc6music.

These interviews were broadcast as part of the weekend breakfast show's 'Designs for Life' series.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 29 Apr 2018 07:00

Music Played

  • The Specials

    Rat Race

    • EMI.
  • Skinny Pelembe

    Spit/Swallow

    • Brownswood Recordings.
  • Aphex Twin

    Avril 14th

    • Warp.
  • Gwenno

    Eus Keus?

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Tightrope

  • Common

    The 6th Sense

    • MCA Records.
  • The Velvelettes

    He Was Really Saying Something

    • MOD RAVES VOLUME 1.
    • Spectrum.
  • Mono Club

    Best Laid Plans

    • LGM Records.
  • The Kinks

    Till The End Of The Day

    • Castle.
  • Jack White

    Over And Over And Over

    • XL Recordings 路.
  • Origin Unknown

    Valley Of The Shadows

    • Moving Shadow Ltd.
  • Inwards

    When She Flashes Her Smile At Me

    • Small Pond.
  • Hollie Cook

    Ghostly Fading

    • Merge Records.
  • The Cure

    Close To Me

    • Fiction.
  • Super Cat

    Ghetto Red Hot

    • Columbia.
  • Lyn Collins

    Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again And Again

  • Leon Bridges

    Bad Bad News

    • Columbia.
  • Nils Frahm

    Little Boy In A Space Suit

    • Erased Tapes.
  • Jackson Sisters

    I Believe In Miracles

    • 100% Pure Groove (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • EMI.
  • Radiohead

    Everything In Its Right Place

  • Music in the operating theatre

    • Portishead

      Numb

  • Bryde

    To Be Brave

    • Bryde.
  • The Go! Team

    All The Way Live

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Madness

    One Step Beyond

    • MCA.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    1979

  • Arcade Fire

    Put Your Money On Me

    • Columbia.
  • James Blake

    I Need A Forest Fire (ft. Justin Vernon)

  • GZA/Genius

    B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) (feat. Killah Priest)

    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.
  • Hookworms

    Ullswater

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • Snoop Dogg

    Gin And Juice

    • INTERSCOPE.
  • Jon Hopkins

    Emerald Rush

    • Domino.
  • Music in the operating theatre

    • Haley

      Bratt

      • Memphis Industries.
  • Bishop Nehru

    Rooftops

    • Bishop Nehru.
  • Radiohead

    No Surprises

    • Parlophone.
  • Plan B

    Grateful

    • Atlantic.
  • Talking Heads

    And She Was

    • Little Creatures.
    • EMI.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Glimpse Of Love (Version)

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • Jimi Hendrix

    Foxy Lady

    • MCA.
  • Dream Wife

    Fire

    • Lucky Number.
  • 蚕鈥怲颈辫

    Breathe And Stop

    • New Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Arista.
  • Foreign Concept

    Jaipur (Villem Remix)

    • Ingredients Records 鈥.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Apr 2018 07:00