People
Laura Parfitt
(Director, White Pebble Media)
Laura Parfitt started White Pebble Media in November 2006 specialising in making high quality speech radio for all the major BBC networks and commercial stations.
As a producer, executive producer and editor Laura has worked on a wide range of output - current affairs documentaries, general feature programmes, religious programmes, live OBs, magazine sequence programmes, popular culture, arts, science, crafted social features, podcasts, as well as comedy, drama, and quiz shows.
Laura Parfitt is a judge for the Sony Radio Awards.
Before White Pebble, Laura was Deputy Managing Director and executive editor of speech programmes at radio independent Unique, for six and a half years. During that time she was Editor of the BBC Radio 4 weekly programme ‘Something Understood' and remains so as a freelancer. Laura managed a great team of radio professionals, some of whom she still works with, and also continues to make her own programmes. She was in charge of creative development and radio training at Unique.
Before that Laura worked at the BBC for 12 years producing for 9 of those across all Networks – Particularly Radio 4 documentaries and strands including Desert Island Discs, Loose Ends, Live OBs,The Treatment for 5 Live, and many youth documentaries for Radio 1. She was briefly a reporter on Woman's Hour, youth and children's news and magazine programmes and held various administrative roles at School Radio and Radio 3.
Laura has a music degree.
Alan Hall
(Executive Producer)
Alan has had his own production company - Falling Tree Productions since 1998. Alan's produced a wide range of programmes for British and overseas broadcasters wining many major awards. Before 1998 he was on the staff of the BBC in London for eight years producing mostly music programmes.
Sara Parker
(Producer)
Sara Parker has an impressive track record in speech radio as a producer and reporter and has won many awards. She specialises in social documentaries.
Emily Jeal
(Producer)
Emily is an experienced programme-maker. Radio 4 credits include 'Separate Together', 'The Voice' and 'Living With Birdie'. Winner of a Sony Gold award for News Programme of the Year 2005. She has made documentaries across the BBC networks including The World Service, Radio 1, Radio 3 and 1Xtra.
Lucy Greenwell
(Producer)
R4 – On the Road, Asian Single Parents, Jon Ronson On…The Garden Quiz, Ibiza , Our Lives in Our Hands. R3, Sounds of Dance. R5, 7/7 bombings. Oneword, The Distillery, weekly current affairs programme.
