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Pier also makes a wide range of single-voice readings for BBC Radio 4. The former Chancellor Sir Sajid Javid read his affecting and candid memoir The Colour of Home, recounting his journey from a childhood in the 1970s marked by poverty and racism to the heart of British political life for Book of the Week; we commissioned the celebrated novelist Rachel Joyce to write The Wedding Suit, a new five-part serial for A Book at Bedtime which was read by Paul Venables, and we also abridged Sally Carson's prescient novel about the rise of fascism and antisemitism, Crooked Cross, which was read by Scarlett Courtney.
Our television output has featured some of Britain's best loved faces revealing their passions. Dame Penelope Keith went in search of motoring pioneer Dorothy Levitt in The Fast Lady for BBC 4; Neil Morrissey re-joined the Scouts for a weekend to celebrate the centenary of the movement in When We Were Scouts for BBC 2, and Adrian Chiles uncovered the secrets behind the art of sports commentary in On the Ball for BBC 1.
Our short films for The One Show are often focused on personal testimony, with films about People, Pride and Progress, the new oral history project being undertaken by the National Railway Museum which is uncovering the LGBTQ+ history of the railways, and After the Darkness, which was the centre piece of the show's VE Day special in which artist Martin Impey painted the memories of centenarians.
Established in 1993, Pier Productions is an award-winning audio and television production company based in Brighton.
We pride ourselves on delivering a wide range of stimulating and surprising content across a variety of genres. From Radio 4's Opening Lines in which tv executive and story guru John Yorke looks at books plays and stories and asks "what makes the work?", to heart-warming films for The One Show, like Cathy Tyson's 60th birthday celebration of Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, where she and host of other stars like Stephen Graham and Julie Walters started their careers.
We make challenging drama like Roy Williams' The Final Touch starring Malachi Kirby and Francis Lovehall which told the tragic story of twin brothers, both professional footballers, torn apart by family history, secrets and lies, as well as thought provoking comedy like Geoff Norcott's Working Man's Club in which he "dives into the complex pool of masculinity".