In the 1970s the orchestra appeared in Southern Television's Music in Camera series, conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recording of Gustav Holst's The Planets, conducted by George Hurst, was used on the soundtrack of Nicolas Roeg's film The Man Who Fell to Earth.
In the 1970s the orchestra appeared in Southern Television's Music in Camera series, conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recording of Gustav Holst's The Planets, conducted by George Hurst was used on the soundtrack of Nicolas Roeg's film The Man Who Fell to Earth