This episode enriches their relationship much more because it establishes that they've been dating for some time before the show to me, the show always felt like they moved almost too fast in their feelings, so it makes sense that these two had a brief history before the show started. This story retconned some things, like when Matteusz found out Charlie was an alien (he obviously was supposed to be clueless during episode 1 of the show), but I'll accept it because the show was just vague enough on some things that it works. We also get new insight into Charlie's character and his romance with Matteusz we get to learn how they met, see their first date and kiss, etc. He is the co-founder of the Durham Opera Ensemble, the founder and principal conductor of the Bristol Film Orchestra, and an associate composer of the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub.Class fans, this is the story you've been waiting for! Big Finish did 12 audio episodes set during the first series, and they were excellent, but this story finally nudges the narrative beyond that series 1 cliffhanger by the end of it (most of this story takes place right before and during series 1).

He studied conducting with renowned conductor James Lowe and has conducted a variety of orchestras and ensembles.

He is equally at home working with both live players and electronics, often mixing the two seamlessly. More recently, Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace saw him return to his Scottish roots providing a musical score to the story of Andrew Carnegie's entrepreneurial and philanthropic life.īlair has also composed extensively for theatre, including a Hitchcockian-esque score for a revival of Gaslight, and a ballet score for the English National Ballet, which premiered at the Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire. For Frequencies, Blair created a musical world set in a parallel universe using rare instruments made from rock, glass and metal. As a musical arranger he has worked on shows such as Doctor Who and David Attenborough's Life Story.įilm credits include 7-Welcome to London, a British Bollywood thriller Electric Man, which earned him a BAFTA nomination and Magpie, by the internationally acclaimed director Marc Price.

In 2012 he was nominated for a Creative Scotland Award for 'Best New Talent' in the Scottish arts. He is a BAFTA nominated, 4Talent short-listed, award-winning composer with a BA (Hons) in Music from Durham University and an MA in Composition for Film and Television from Bristol University, for which he was awarded a Distinction. Credits include BBC’s 8-part Dr Who spin-off Class, created and written by Patrick Ness, Happy! for the SyFy Channel, music for the BBC’s flagship documentary strand Horizon, HBO feature Frequencies and BBC Christmas ghost story The Dead Room starring Simon Callow.

Class by Blair Mowat