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The company

Six staff, eleven rotating players, one cat with a contract clause.

Keeper, The Lighthouse Letters

Iris Vane

With us since 1963; holds the record for longest single-take performance (94 minutes).

Director of Drama

Tomas Reyes

Joined 2001 from the Harbour Relay. Believes every script is better at 3 dB lower.

Announcer, Continuity

Marguerite Ozan

The voice of the pips since 1989. Also narrates Gullwrack Tide Tables.

Effects bench chief

Desmond Arkwright

Owns 1,400 props including the famous creaking stair, a genuine 1908 relic.

Composer in residence

Petra Sund

Wrote the Signal Fires theme on a recovered ship's whistle.

Archive keeper

Ned Carrow

Maintains 42,000 lacquer discs and the card catalogue of fictional crimes.