Crosslab Productions began trading in three years ago, winning an award with GIFTED, our first drama production for BBC Radio 4. We bring together a mix of talent from all kinds of media to create inventive, surprising and entertaining content, for radio and other platforms.
by experimenting with new processes to create an energetic, live sound for radio
commissioning the best writing, acting and musical talent
featuring location-based, hand-held recording
and working with the best sound engineers
Piers Plowright, celebrated radio features producer
NINA BLACK is an extraordinary piece. I was unsettled by it and absorbed at the same time which is a rare event in listening. I found it difficult to tell where the documentary ended and the drama began which I mean as a compliment. Was it a play? Was it a documentary? Does it matter? I think it's a truly original piece.
MD Melanie Harris works closely with freelance producer Polly Thomas. Between them they have produced hundreds of radio dramas as ex in-house BBC directors. Now working in the independent and freelance sector, they are keen to find new ways of working with writers and performers across all drama platforms. Polly has recently worked as a drama consultant for Fremantle Media and was a guest at their global writers ‘tricks of the trade’ weekend meeting in Budapest, where she presented the radio version of techniques shared by television drama series writers and producers. Melanie has a wide knowledge of drama talent and development processes through her previous job as director of BBC writersroom north.