Hannah Varrall

Freelance narrative podcast producer and sound designer. Projects for Tortoise, Novel, BBC Radio Four, Audible, ITN productions

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

A podcast I produced won @TravWriters travel broadcast of the year! It's a mix of location recordings by @AshBhardwaj up a mountain in Nepal and conversation between Ash and @PipStewart. And it starts with Ash going to the toilet so it was already a winner in my mind 🥇

[BGTW: British Guild of Travel Writers @TravWriters]

Put your hands together for Ash Bhardwaj (@AshBhardwaj), winner of this year's Travel Broadcast of the Year with 'First dispatch from Nepal' for The First Mile, sponsored by Riverside Studios. #BGTWAwards2022

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

@Frank_Creyelman Hello, I'm trying to get in touch with you about a podcast I'm working on. Please could you send me your email address? Thank you

[Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies]

Listen to today’s #TheStory podcast to hear from Palestinian Oscar winning directors of #NoOtherLand about life on the frontline of Israel’s settlement expansion 🎙️

With thanks to @basel_adra and producer @hannvarr @thetimes ✨

https://t.co/9zGIaNzXtx

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

Amazing work by @chloehadj, Claudia and the rest of the team. And now I can officially say, award-winning sound designer!

[Foreign Press Association in London @FPALondon]

#FPAawards24 WINNERS :
*RADIO/PODCAST of the Year*

Congrats @chloehadj, Claudia Williams, @hannvarr, @GaryJMarshall90, @senordelcorbett with their #podcast ~The Gas Man~ @tortoise

https://t.co/Xn5jKKoosR

#mistery #crime #investigation #bestpodcast #winner #MediaAwards

[Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj]

Delighted that Gas Man has been shortlisted for best podcast of the year by #FPAawards24 #FPALondon
The brilliant @tortoise team behind it includes: @claudiabromley @TomKinsella_ @hannvarr @GaryJMarshall90 and @senordelcorbett

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

Today marks four years at @tortoise! I've had the opportunity to work on in-depth investigations, data projects, longreads, newsletters and many, many podcasts. Here's a 🧵 of some of my favourites, in case you're looking for something to listen to

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

Our story on Ana Obregón, who used her dead son's sperm to have a baby at 68, is nominated @IWPodcastAwards . A mad tabloid tale that sparked a nuanced conversation about the future of fertility & one of the funnest things I've worked on w/
@RebeccaHBM @hannvarr @basialcummings

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

Such an honour to be nominated alongside these brilliant programmes – and to win silver!

Thanks @radioacademy and top team @louisetickle @hannvarr @basialcummings

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

Really pleased that Children locked away: Britain’s modern bedlam has been nominated for an Aria.
@louisetickle & I told the story of the country’s most distressed & vulnerable children, who are locked away and abandoned by the state

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

Great to see Visible Women with @CCriadoPerez included on @TimeOutLondon’s best podcasts list this year ✨
@hannvarr

[Matt Russell @MattRussell3]

Also all of our Slow Newscasts are a team effort: from our design team who created the beautiful tile seen below, to the sound designers like @hannvarr who made this week's episode sound so good

[Rachel Ellis @rachellismedia]

Delighted to be a finalist for Podcast of the Year with @hannvarr and @Geordiedav for God on your side: Christians, courts and culture wars @tortoise

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

I've loved doing the sound design on this Slow Newscast series about Epstein's moneymen - lots of sleazy brass and ominous bass to complement great work by @imy_harper and @Geordiedav

[Tortoise @tortoise]

"His behaviour was so widely understood at JP Morgan that senior executives emailed jokes to each other about his interest in young girls."

JP Morgan’s reported $290 million settlement was a long time coming – and it’s unlikely to be the last.
https://t.co/5QbvVMUm0M

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

I did the sound design and mixing on this episode, it's such an important listen and brilliantly made by @louisetickle and @paticlarke

[Tortoise @tortoise]

The country's most distressed & vulnerable children are being locked away and abandoned by the state.

@GillianKeegan was called to court to address the issue – but she asked to be excused. She also refused multiple @tortoise interview requests.

Listen: https://t.co/aJVJjbhmpm

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

@elizabethmoya I enjoyed it but didn't think it was as well written as her others, also there were some elements which were updated quite awkwardly.. Nowhere near Rodham or American Wife but a fun read all the same

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

@KateTaylorLDN I'm on the case!!

[David Taylor @Geordiedav]

@rachellismedia and @hannvarr dig into the Christian Legal Centre, their links to US evangelicals and their efforts to use the UK courts in their “cultural battle for the heart of a nation” against what they call a “hard, secular liberal culture”

[Tortoise @tortoise]

💷Introducing: The Westminster Accounts.

@tortoise and @SkyNews have created a first-of-its-kind database showing the scale of money entering UK politics.

Use our tool to search for your MP and find out who has given them money 👉 https://t.co/4HQ0Pa1zhk

#westminsteraccounts

[Alexandra Haddow @MissAHaddow]

Reminder that I am throwing the best New Year's Eve party which costs less than a half pint at the World Cup:

https://t.co/LWTwWJS14b

[Paul Caruana Galizia @pcaruanagalizia]

I've documented 5 sexual assault allegations against Crispin Odey, one of Britain's richest men & a Conservatives & Brexit donor.

The 5 women don't know each other. Their allegations span 24 years. Odey says they contain “falsehoods” and “inaccuracies”.
https://t.co/hXThb3BIBW

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

Still proud of this, five years on 🎄

[Hannah Varrall @hannvarr]

Am I the only person who closes the doors on their advent calendar once they're open? I wasn't born in a barn, even if Jesus was