A London podcast production company specialising in history and true stories, with shows such as Real Dictators and Real Narcos.
Noiser is a London podcast network and production company best known for history and true-story shows. Its series include Real Dictators, Real Narcos, Real Survival Stories, Short History Of and Titanic: Ship of Dreams. It also makes audio drama and storytelling, such as Sherlock Holmes and Jane Austen stories. Other titles include History Daily, Ancient Civilisations, Napoleon, Real Vikings, Detectives Don't Sleep and Deathbed Confessions, which was made with Spotify.
Noiser was founded in 2020 by Pascal Hughes, a television producer, who is chief executive. We did not find a formal mission statement. The Wikipedia entry says the company specialises in history podcasts, and its output points to a goal of telling well-researched stories for a broad audience, though that is our reading of its work rather than its own words.
The company is based in London and describes a worldwide audience. It has worked with UK and global partners. In 2024 the BBC acquired non-exclusive rights to several Noiser originals for BBC Sounds, and Spotify signed what was reported as its first first-look deal with a UK podcast producer. Noiser also signed with the talent agency WME in 2020. London matters to the business because it sits close to the UK's broadcasters, publishers and audio companies, and the BBC deal shows that Noiser's work is carried by the national broadcaster as well as streaming apps. A second book in the Short History series is planned for 2026, according to Wikipedia, though that claim is not cited there.
Its work has been recognised in the industry: Real Dictators, narrated by Paul McGann, won Best Arts and Culture Podcast at the 2021 British Podcast Awards, and Noiser took the Bronze award for Best Network in 2023. In October 2025 a book by Pascal Hughes, A Short History of Ancient Rome, was published by Transworld, according to Wikipedia.
Jobs at a podcast producer include producers, researchers, scriptwriters, sound designers and editors, presenters and narrators, marketing and audience teams, and business and partnerships staff. Its own site was not read, so check noiser.com for current openings. Its range, from history to fiction-style storytelling, means it also needs writers who can turn research into a script and voices that can carry it.
Website: noiser.com
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