The Apple and Biscuit Show

#022 Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to the Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint film director Jack Spring, its Sound Designer Anna Sulley and Composer Jeremy James-Hunt; whilst

#021 Russ Hughes: He's keeping score and we should be paid more

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to Russ Hughes, who founded the Production Expert blog nearly 20 years ago. Now it attracts over 7 million viewers a year: and all of

#020 Pip Piper: The role of documentary in social change

Over a 30-year career, UK indie Producer and Director Pip Piper has Produced nine feature documentaries, including 'Mountain Biking: The Untold British Story' and 'Bicycl

#019 Jonathan Glazier: the heavy lifting behind light entertainment

Jonathan Glazier is one of the television industry's leading lights in television Light Entertainment. Over a 40-year career, Jonathan has directed and produced some of t

#018 Mark Franken: On designing the tools that re-conformed an entire industry

Mark Franken is the double Emmy-winning creator of the sound editing software tools EdiCue, EdiLoad and EdiPrompt; products that since their inception in 2007, have come

#017 Dr. Iain McGregor: Why hearing means feeling–designing sound for the real world

Dr Iain McGregor is an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, specialising in interactive media design and auditory perception research. His PhD in soundscap

#016 From Edgar Wallace to Wallace and Gromit–A Grand Day Out at the National Film and Television School

In the last of his mini-series of three documentaries recorded on a recent trip to the UK, Neil visits the home of the National Film and Television School at the historic

#015 Dead Cats and Fish Poles—The Story of the Basket Windshield

In this documentary, Neil looks at the emergence of location sound recording for cinema and one of the significant technological developments that enabled this.  Starti

#014 Acoustic Ecology with Dr Jesse Budel

In this episode Neil and Jason speak with Dr Jesse Budel, a composer-performer, sound artist, academic and arts entrepreneur based in South Australia. As a composer, his

#013 Blast-off from Birmingham – The Story of Grosvenor Road Studios

In this documentary, Neil travels back to his home town of Birmingham to learn more about what he considers to be the city's best kept cultural secret – Grosvenor Road St

#012 Reading others, understanding ourselves – Michelle Mills-Porter

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to behaviour analyst Michelle Mills-Porter, about the challenges faced by creatives: particularly freelancers who work in ad-hoc team

#011 Dreamcatcher – composer David Lowe on ambition, hope and phenomenal success

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to the prolific British composer David Lowe about his rise to success and his musical milestones along the way—from work experience a

#010 (Pt. 2) The devil in the detail – Simon Hayes and Josh Winslade on recording live vocals for Wicked

In this episode (Part 2 of 2) Neil and Jason talk in-depth and 'totally technical' about the musical Wicked with the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes and

#010 (Pt. 1) The devil in the detail – Simon Hayes and Josh Winslade on recording live vocals for Wicked

In this episode, (Part 1 of 2), Neil and Jason talk in-depth and 'totally technical' to the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes, and on set music editor Josh

#009 Mark Deeks on The Sound of (Heavy) Metal

Dr Mark Deeks is someone who likes to challenge our assumptions about music, and in particular Heavy Metal, which he suggests has more than a passing resemblance to folk

#008 Maestro: Stephen Griffiths on the sound design of TÁR

British Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Stephen Griffiths is responsible for some of the most intelligent and entertaining soundtracks of the last two decades

#007 (Pt. 2) Signal To Noise Is Everything – Simon Hayes

In this episode (part 2 of 2), Neil and Jason talk to the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes about the work-ethic he learned from filming with his father, P

#007 (Pt. 1) Signal to noise is everything – Simon Hayes

In this episode (part 1 of 2), Neil and Jason talk to Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes about his demanding work on location film sets and deep-dive into S

#006 Making film sound sing – Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to the Oscar-winning supervising sound editors and sound designers, Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst, about their work and specifical

#005 What did he just say? – Mike Thornton

In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to 'Mr. Loudness', Mike Thornton, about the issues of television programme loudness and dialogue intelligibility. Why is the backgrou