Producer-director Patrick Rayner in the recording control cubicle. The director's desk is directly behind the senior studio manager's chair at the mixing-panel, to give the finest possible listening position.

A second studio manager also works in the cubicle, recording the programme and supplying the many recorded sound effects needed for the scenes. The standard BBC practice is to lay down pre- recorded effects and studio sounds at the same time as the actors' voices, rather than dubbing them on later.