Persephonica
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Website: www.persephonica.com
About Persephonica
Persephonica is an award-winning production company with a track record of creating hugely successful, genre-defining podcasts, and working with the world’s biggest talent. The Sheffield-based outfit created the BBC Sounds podcast Miss Me?, hosted by Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, the internationally-successful Dua Lipa: At Your Service, the Westminster essential Political Currency with George Osbounre and Ed Balls and the UK’s biggest daily podcast, The News Agents, with Global.
The company recently appointed the former BBC Radio 1 producer, Fiona Hanlon, as Managing Director. Fiona is responsible for growing the company’s impressive entertainment slate. This ambitious new show with Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley is her first signing for Persephonica.
Latest news
- Jan 29: The winners of the Political Podcast Awards were announced in London. The Persephonica show Political Currency, hosted by former UK Chancellor George Osborne and former shadow UK Chancellor Ed Balls, was crowned Podcast of the Year. Last year's winner, The Rest is Politics, wasn't awarded this time round.
- Sep 16, 2025: Lily Allen has “departed” the popular Miss Me?, a podcast she co-hosts with Miquita Oliver, according to the UK newspapers. Except, no, she hasn’t really. The podcast will continue, and Podnews learns that she will return, after she works on “a new project” (we’d presume it’s a new album); and she’ll still pop in on the podcast from time to time. Jordan Stephens is stepping in as co-host in the meantime - he’s been regularly on the show anyway. The show’s made by Persephonica for BBC Sounds.
- Jul 16, 2025: A major new podcast launches today in the UK. Dig It is brand new from Persephonica, and stars two well-known broadcasters Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley. The show will lift the curtain on the messy and beautiful reality of living well, and has two episodes weekly.
- Mar 7, 2025: Miss Me?, the podcast hosted by Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, performed its first live show yesterday at London’s Hackney Empire - like tonight’s show, it was a sell out. On stage, they announced that their Q&A shows will soon be available on YouTube as well as in podcast form. The show is produced by Persephonica for the BBC.
- Feb 4, 2025: Fiona Hanlon has been hired as Managing Director of the UK’s podcast production company Persephonica. She had worked for the BBC for 17 years.
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