Since appearing on the radar with the juddering electronica and soaring guitar of breakthrough tune Spitfire, they have taken listeners on audio journeys from the dark days of the London Blitz to the top of Everest, from space to the depths of the South Wales coal mines, and from the decks of the Titanic to Weimar Berlin.

Public Service Broadcasting will be performing their new album The Last Flight at Brighton Dome on Wednesday at 7pm.The Last Flight is about

The BBC’s chairman has complained about critics who take a “perverse delight in bashing” the broadcaster, while calling for less political interference in its operation.