''Between the Ears'' is a

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me on

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that airs brief

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

features in experimental formats. A season of ''Between the Ears'' programmes is produced roughly twice a year, and when the programmes are in season they are

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late on Saturday nights,

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. Between the Ears won a 2017 New York Festivals Radio Gold Award for best sound for an adaptation of '' The Shepherd'' by Amber Barnfather, which was performed by actor Luke Thompson in December 2016. Sound design was by David Chilton, with music and mouth/body percussion by the Saint Martin Singers, and Vampire aircraft sound effects recorded at the

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.Between the Ears: The Shepherd
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Guardian review of a ''Between The Ears'' episode
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