"As a kid born in the 1960s, I realized there was a department at the BBC that was purely for making bonkers noises," says Radiophonic Workshop archivist Mark Ayres as the Spitfire Audio suite launches.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop Archive to be made available for the first time, passing on the legacy of the Pioneers of Electric Music to a new generation

Attention audiophiles: the archive of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop is being made available to the public for the first name. This department was founded in the 1950s as a laboratory that could invent original music and sound effects for BBC radio,