01 / Before Bear Lane

Years spent listening.

Sophia’s background spans broadcast journalism and podcast production, with experience at the BBC, talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK and Times Radio.

Her own introduction to Producer Sophia describes years spent behind the scenes, learning from broadcasters and absorbing how good audio gets made. Bear Lane is where that experience meets a more personal way of producing: working directly with the people whose stories are being told.

Read Sophia’s introduction

03 / The work behind the work

Yes, she notices
the cables.

The finished episode is only one view of a production day. On Instagram, Sophia shares the other: light stands, camera positions, microphones and the slightly chaotic angle from the producer’s chair.

She says she loves that part as much as the finished episode. It is a useful glimpse of Bear Lane’s approach: a small team and brilliant freelancers, with someone who cares about how the whole thing comes together.

Her work includes Hannah Lowther’s How Very Hannah and Charlie Barker’s Dear Mum. Different voices and settings, with the conversation at the centre.

See the shoot from Sophia’s side