PODCASTS
I've delivered sound design for the award winning Buried on BBC Radio 4, a range of titles for BBC World Service, and I was series producer for two series of Broadway to Brazil, a deep dive sports documentary title totalling 13 episodes.
I've also managed and produced branded podcasts for corporate clients, bringing my expertise to the structuring, format, editing and distribution of their shows.
Interviewing Sky Sports commentating legend Martin Tyler for the Broadway to Brazil podcast series
BURIED
I delivered the sound design for the award-winning Buried, the tale of a deathbed tape that exposes one of the worst environmental crimes in UK history, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and released on BBC Sounds. Dark, dramatic and haunting moments were complemented by others that called for poignancy or intrigue, requiring the command of an extensive suite of original compositions, wildtrack, atmos, interview content and VO. A Smoke Trail production, Buried featured on BBC Breakfast and won Gold at the 2023 British Podcast Awards (Climate category).
I was once again sound designer on the second series follow up, Buried: The Last Witness, launched in June 2024 at Sheffield Docfest and focused on the issues caused by ‘forever chemicals’. With Michael Sheen playing a starring role throughout the series, it reached number 8 on Apple Podcasts UK.
THE GHOST SHIP
I was the sound designer for The Ghost Ship, a BBC World Service and Smoke Trail production that investigated the bizarre tale of an abandoned tanker that washed up on a Mumbai beach without a crew. Aired to the sizeable global audience of the World Service’s The Documentary slot, the script called for versatility and technical nous in its sound design, whether conveying the drama of a Royal Navy rescue mission or the eerie Mary Celeste like journey of an unmanned ship.
BROADWAY TO BRAZIL
Broadway to Brazil tells the unique story of Corinthian-Casuals Football Club, embedding itself in the club while detailing its unique and prestigious history. Initailly as an amateur enthusiast, I worked as part of a small team of sports journalists to deliver Series 1 in 2018, and then returned for Series 2 as an audio professional; I closely collaborated with co-presenter/co-producer Dominic Bliss and sports production house Highway 61 Network on a more polished title that was released in 2021.
Series 1 brought many of the classic Corinthian tales of yore to life, while also covering the club's successful promotion campaign in the 2017/18 season. In Series 2, we lent our hand to more investigative journalistic stories – I specifically uncovered the story of a bizarre visit from a team of Soviet Union veterans in 1991, and explored the time Brazilian legend Sócrates played 17 minutes for the Corinthian-Casuals in the late 1980s.
Dominic and I led on all elements of production, including planning, structuring and gathering content, and hosting the podcasts themselves. I also assumed full responsibility for postproduction, including editing, mixing and distribution.
BEHIND THE SUN / CONFLICTED
I've worked closely with production house Message Heard as a freelancer producer and editor on narrative documentary and branded content through sound design, editing and mixing, as well as audiogram production. I delivered editing and mixing for the Behind The Sun documentary series, a co-production of Message Heard and the Syria Foundation that tells the story of one of the Assad regime’s most notorious detention camps. I also worked with Message Heard to edit and mix episodes of geopolitical analysis show, Conflicted, with Islamic scholar Thomas Small and ex-jihadi turned spy Aimen Dean.
For corporate clients, I was the lead producer for Off Mute from Remote.com, a podcast series that explored the benefits and challenges of remote working. I worked closely with Remote senior leadership to develop an engaging series that helped promote the company’s cross-border HR services, leading on series conception, guest sourcing and booking, and delivery of trailer, episodes and videograms. Separately I worked with Message Heard in an editing and mixing capacity for the Shine On podcast for members of The National Hair & Beauty Federation.
EVERYDAY ENGLISH WITH ERIKA AND ELIZABETH
Published by language school Professional English Solutions, this podcast explores how native English speakers use the language in everyday settings.
With the clients entering podcasting for the first time, I worked closely with Erika and Elizabeth on each step of production. I guided them through structuring and planning the series, developed all assets including artwork and theme music, recorded the series content remotely through Cleanfeed, assumed responsibility for the final edit, and distributed the show through Libsyn.