THE MATCHSTICK HOUSE
You’re the expert. We find the story.
Factual audio and editorial production for organisations working with complex ideas.
We find the human stories inside complex ideas, helping research, science, technology and mission-driven organisations create factual podcasts, audio series and editorial work that people genuinely want to engage with.
Built on broadcast experience.
Matchstick was founded by journalist and producer Craig Langran after nearly a decade at BBC World Service.
About Matchstick
Selected work by our founder
Reported and produced by Craig at the BBC before The Matchstick House was formed.
Audio & podcast · BBC
Snakebite solutions
A People Fixing the World episode about community responders in Nepal and antivenom innovation in Malaysia.
Audio & podcast · BBC
Tackling bias in health
A People Fixing the World episode about health equity, trust and practical attempts to reduce bias in healthcare.
BBC film · BBC
AI bias and synthetic faces
A short BBC film presented by Craig on synthetic faces, facial recognition and bias in AI systems.
Audio & podcast · BBC
Surgery in a backpack
A People Fixing the World episode about portable medical innovation and crisis-response healthcare.
Editorial series built to go somewhere.
The Pilot
From £7,500
A focused proof of concept for organisations that want to find and test the strongest version of an idea before committing to a full series.
Explore The PilotThe Commission
A complete editorial series, developed and produced around the right idea, audience and ambition.
Discuss a commissionVideo, travel and specialist production scoped separately.
Work with us
Matchstick develops and produces factual audio and editorial storytelling around complex ideas, research and specialist subjects.
We can work on a complete series or project, or provide senior editorial development and production within a wider research, impact or communications programme.
How we workBroadcast
Factual audio, documentaries, commissioned journalism and original development for broadcasters, platforms and production partners.
Broadcast & journalism