Editing BBC Radiophonic Workshop (section)

===Legacy===
Following the decision to close the Radiophonic Workshop, the studios were cleared and most remaining equipment was disposed of, with some of it being sold to the composers. The tape library was largely forgotten until the room was ordered to be "cleared".  Fortunately the Maida Vale studios technical team became aware of this and were able to hide the tapes away in various dark corners of the building before they could be thrown away. Eventually Mark Ayres and Brian Hodgson were commissioned to catalogue its extensive library of recordings with help from other composers.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

In October 2003, ''Alchemists of Sound'', an hour-long [[television documentary]] about the Radiophonic Workshop, was broadcast on [[BBC Four]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/alchemists.shtml |title=Alchemists of Sound |website=BBC |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031020012624/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/alchemists.shtml | archive-date= 20 October 2003 | date=20 October 2003 |access-date=14 September 2012}}</ref>

[[The Magnetic Fields]] titled the first track of their album ''[[Holiday (The Magnetic Fields album)|Holiday]]'', after the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

In February 2025, [[Spitfire Audio]] released a [[Sampling (music)|sample library]] featuring sounds from the Radiophonic Workshop for public purchase. The library featured audio sourced from the original Workshop archives, as well as newly-recorded performances by the Workshop members. Archivist [[Mark Ayres]] noted the team's age as a motivating factor for this collaboration, stating, "We're not going to be around for ever. It was really important to leave a creative tool, inspired by our work, for other people to use going forward."<ref name="TheHollywoodReporter_Szalai2025">{{Cite magazine |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=2025-02-19 |title=‘Doctor Who’ Theme and More: The Legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Archive Is Now Available |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/bbc-radiophonic-workshop-archive-doctor-who-theme-spitfire-audio-1236138745/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="TheGuardian_BeaumontThomas2025">{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=2025-02-19 |title=‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/19/were-projecting-into-the-future-sounds-of-bbc-radiophonic-workshop-made-available-for-public-use-spitfire-audio |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>