Recent projects

BBC Stockholm correspondent Maddy Savage on provocative and practical ways Swedes made menstruation less taboo. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2zjj

People with lived experience of climate change share stories and perspectives with scientists and decision-makers, for the Glasgow Science Centre and the Natural Environment Research Council. www.podfollow.com/climateconversations

Local Zero has gone from strength to strength over the last 12 months. In COP26 fortnight, we held 'Local Zero Live' with a world-class expert panel. https://pod.fo/e/f5e0c

Dr Pamela Jenkins shares stories with people who've grown up as the children of parents with mental illness, for the charity Our Time. www.podfollow.com/myfamilymentalillnessandme

Explore Heriot-Watt University’s innovative and ground-breaking work in business and STEM. Listen here: www.podfollow.com/afuturemade

This inspiring series, sponsored by Nike, explores the many reasons busy mums get out to play; among them Joy, Inspiration, Resilience and Discovery: https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/why-i-play/

This BBC Radio 4 documentary recalls how the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak affected a Herefordshire farming community: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y6kf

Scottish Ballet asked us to deliver training and format development, as well as bespoke audio assets, for their podcast pilot: https://www.scottishballet.co.uk/podcast

The Kings Fund's monthly podcast, exploring big ideas in health and care, is edited and mixed by Bespoken: https://podfollow.com/kings-fund-podcast

Our BBC Radio 4 documentary Able To Parent follows wheelchair-user Emily and her partner CJ as they decide whether they want to try for a baby. Producer: Leeanne Coyle Listen in full: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v2t4

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne joined OnFARM to launch a new scientific research fellowship to better understand Equine Grass Sickness. Listen to the episode in full: https://pod.fo/e/b8942

Adventurer Bear Grylls' BecomingX strives for 'a world where everyone can realise their potential'. We made their 'The Educators' podcast with Capita. All episodes here: https://www.capita.com/c/capita-and-becomingx-educators

Grazia Beauty Life Lessons gets savvy make-up tricks, smart skincare finds and relatable wellness advice with Beauty Director Joely Walker. Listen here: https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/grazia-beauty-life-lessons/

Climate change and energy experts Dr Rebecca Ford, Dr Matt Hannon, and PhD student Fraser Stewart are your trusted guides in Local Zero - from EnergyREV. Listen: www.podfollow.com/localzero

Bauer asked us to give the latest series of Grazia's interview format a more professionally produced touch. Rhiannon Evans asks the smartest women around for 6 pieces of advice that they live by - and one that they wish they had ignored.

With our partners Scene and Herd PR and Marketing, we are proud to produce a podcast series celebrating rural Scotland, in lieu of the sadly cancelled 2020 Royal Highland Show.

Before Dr David Nabarro became World Health Organisation special envoy on Covid-19, he visited Edinburgh University to lead a wide ranging dialogue on the future of food. Bespoken recorded and produced this one-off podcast documenting the event.

Our daily diary of Dyson lockdown life rose to #4 in Apple's ‘Kids & Family’ chart, was one of Spotify's "podcasts that brought us joy" in 2020, and got on-air praise from ITV This Morning. Listen at www.podfollow.com/love

We were commissioned to make 4 podcast episodes to tempt tourists to Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, as part of a wider 'Scotland Starts Here' PR campaign. We look at the fierce and bloody history of what is sometimes called 'Britain's Wild West', check out amazing food and drink options and a range of outdoor activities, and learn about the area's world-beating textile heritage. In a feedbac...

Scene and Herd's response to Coronavirus and the UK lockdown was to launch #OnFARMHelps knowledge and information podcasts. This is a mini-series of quick turnaround podcasts recorded on smart-phones with timely, practical, and sensible advice to help farm and food-based businesses in Scotland to survive, and even thrive, in the current economic uncertainty.

OnFARM tells stories from rural Scotland. It celebrates rural enterprise, rural community, rural creativity, and much much more. FARM stands for F-ood, A-griculture and R-ural M-atters. OnFARM is made by the brilliant team at Scene and Herd PR and Marketing, with technical and editorial support from Bespoken. In a piece of feedback, Anna from S&H said, "Bespoken take quality recording and editing...

In partnership with the Union advertising agency and Bauer Media, we produced 5 short podcasts for the Scottish Government, designed to inspire more recent graduates to consider teaching in Scotland as a career. In each episode, a teacher shares their inspiring, rewarding and sometimes challenging classroom experiences. They talk about their reasons for choosing teaching, their passion for the job...

The #Wisegal podcast from Oxford's Sarah Wiseman art gallery is a great example of how Bespoken can work flexibly with clients of all sizes. We produced episode one from start to finish. In the process, we also used it as a model to train our client, Sarah, to produce her own podcasts. She then had the confidence to record episode 2 on her own. Sustainable good value for the client - and rewarding...