Desmond Briscoe has been played on NTS in shows including The Synth Hero Show, featured first on 5 March 2018. Songs played include Quatermass And The Pit and Application For An Exorcism.

Harry Desmond Briscoe (21 June 1925 – 7 December 2006) was an English composer, sound engineer and studio manager. He was the co-founder and original manager of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Born in Birkenhead, and a drama studio manager for the BBC in the 1950s, Briscoe began to develop an interest in the use of electronic and electroacoustic techniques as a source of material for productions. Along with Daphne Oram, he worked on…