The End of and Era
'Wooden Overcoats' this week wraps its final dialogue recordings ever.
Capping off two weeks in studio we recorded the final scenes of Season 4, welcoming back old faces and welcoming new. With music recordings still to come, and weeks of shaping the world in sound you can listen in 2022.
On top of that this summer has seen new projects for the BBC, Hat Trick and some fun personal projects on the side.
On top of that this summer has seen new projects for the BBC, Hat Trick and some fun personal projects on the side.
Building Funn Funerals for one last time... And so it finally came. We built the Funn Funeral's set, placed in it the old 1930s Bakerlite phone that the family have been using for decades, and acted out 11 episodes that I'm immensely proud of. What a pleasure it has been to see the entire team grow over the years we have produced the show. And what a journey to make so many wonderful friends. Squeezing around 6 hours of finished drama recording into just 7 days these were exhausting sessions, but we wouldn't have had it any differently. We have been recording in the same studio since day one and tears were cried by cast and the creative team as finally we wrapped. But we are hard at work, with the first episode of the new season 'Rudyard Ruins Halloween' avaliable at the end of this month on our website for pay what you can afford. And free for our indigogo backers. |
New York Times Review It ends an exciting summer in which the series has gained further recognition, this time from 'The New York Times'. 'As entertaining as it is strangley comforting,... Thanks to carefully drawn and uniquely bizzarre characters, impeccable sound design and writing that's at once sharp as it is wholesome, "Wooden Overcoats" has earned its status as a podcast classic.' There's just time to jump on in and work your way through the series now! Now Listen here. |
Cassie and Corey Wins Big at BPAs Chris Hogg's Children's drama 'Cassie and Corey' which I co-directed with Jeremy Mortimer and sound designed won two British Podcast Awards at a star studded event in Brockwell Park London. The awards for 'Best Fiction' and 'Best Wellbeing' were a testament to the great team and imagination of writer Chris and musical group GTA. Taking a sideways but deeply compassionate look at eating disorders and acceptance 'Cassie and Corey' is well worth checking out with a stellar cast. You can listen to the show on podcast platforms of your choice and at the shows website. |
Gone Fishin'One of my favourite jobs of the summer was going on a Bee Hunt with Esther Coles and Stephen Flemming, for Esther and Jane Horrock's excellent podcast 'Queen Bees'* This was a fast turnaround documentary about Drone Congregation sites, mystical places when it is said ancient peoples believed they were in touch with the gods as a low drone invisible filled the air. In fact, this is where male bees (or drones) gather to mate with Queen Bees. Why they do it, how they find their way there and what affects their choice of site remains a mystery, but hunting for them on Watership Down, with a queen bee in a cage atop a fishing rod, was a joy. You can listen to the episode, and catch up with the entire series here. *Scrubius Pip's favourite guilty pleasure podcast. |
In development... And finally looking to the end of this year and into the next I am working on a documentaries tracing adventures North and South. To the North, a British Icon becomes an unlikely Scandinavian hero in a one off programme for BBC Radio. To the South, a series, with an adventure that take us across the equator to some of the coldest, most facinating places on earth, recorded in an extraordinary year. Moreover a couple of drama series I can't even talk about yet are in the works. I look forward to sharing more about all of these with you all soon and giving the you the chance to hear the results. |
Wooden Overcoats Top Photo credit: Meghan Fitzmartin