About Matchstick
The story comes before the format.
Matchstick is an independent editorial production company creating podcasts and factual storytelling for organisations, broadcasters and publishing partners.
It was founded by journalist and producer Craig Langran.
Founder & Editorial Director
Craig Langran
Craig spent nearly a decade at BBC World Service, including several years producing and reporting for People Fixing the World.
His work has covered science, technology, health, climate, innovation and global development, across audio, documentary, video and digital journalism.
He founded Matchstick to take the same editorial discipline into new settings: working directly with people who know their subjects deeply, producing ambitious factual journalism and developing original formats.
You're the expert.
We find the story.
Expertise and story are not the same thing.
Our job is to understand the first well enough to find the second: the character, question, tension or idea that makes somebody want to keep listening.
Then we build the right format around it.
Built around the work.
Matchstick brings together the right editorial and production team for each project.
Craig leads projects editorially, working with trusted producers, editors, sound designers, camera crews and specialist collaborators as required.
The team scales around the story, format and production needs of the project.