Michael Tanner hosted a guest show on 28 November 2016. Michael Tanner has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 4 August 2013. Michael Tanner's music has been featured on 20 episodes.

Michael Tanner is probably better known as 'plinth' - Five Shores is his sole solo record made up of improvised looped guitar parts and local field recordings. Two tracks feature Nick Palmer (Directorsound) on piano. It was released in a run of 50 copies on the now defunct Dorset Paeans label, but is available here for free download.