Strauss House Productions comprises a team of associates from a range of multi media fields. Working independently of each other, as well as together, their combined talents form a highly efficient and creative team which is able to draw from a range of experiences.
We produce special features, documentaries and series for regional and network radio.
This light-hearted documentary considered the work of Ray Stevens. His track The Streak brought him to the attention of the British record-buying public in the Seventies, but his real impact has been in the US where Stevens has been awarded two Grammys. The programme examines why comedy songs make less of an impact today and also celebrates Stevens' skills as a producer, arranger, composer and performer.
Despite a glorious career international soul star, Candi Staton, was a victim of two abusive partners. This music based documentary illustrates how many high profile victims and abusers took their first step towards self assertion and recovery.
On 3 August 1966, radical comedian Lenny Bruce was found dead in the bathroom of his Los Angeles home - the victim of a drug overdose. The 40-year-old had revolutionised stand-up comedy, leaving an impact on the art form that endures behind his death but his career was eventually destroyed by battles with the US justice system. It was a tragic decline for a man who had had a seismic impact on the industry, with highly improvised and personal shows that offered lacerating social commentary and wilfully demolished taboos surrounding topics like politics, religion, racism, sex and drugs.
To mark the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup a six part series was produced for BBC English Regions which looked at the history of the spiritual and how it became linked with the England Rugby Union Team.
To mark the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade Hilary produced Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons – the true story of the published slave Phillis Wheatley, narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo, and Private Peaceful to …
A live broadcast from Normandy to mark the 60th anniversary of D Day this three hour award winning special included live coverage interspersed with pre recorded personal memories. The programme was awarded an Andrew Cross Award in 2004.
