We're the crew that brings Common onto every shoot, anywhere in the world.
A collective of experienced freelance sound recordists, specialising in complex rigs across every kind of non-fiction television. Headed up by Tom Moore and Patrick Calvert.
The Sound Group exists to bring Common to every shoot. Common is the system we built on our own shoots, and we're the crew that puts it to work on yours.
Common turns every microphone into a TimeScript: every word transcribed, named and locked to camera timecode, from the first plan to the final cut. The scenes and beats your producers plan before the shoot become what Common listens for on location, and what it hands to the edit the moment a scene ends.
Plan it, shoot it, cut it: one story.
Every deployment starts from Common's core and is shaped around your show: your protocols, your formats and paperwork, the way your team already works.
We supply the hardware and build the rig, from a single bag to a house full of fixed rig, so every mic reaches Common.
We manage the software on location, map the locations and place the room mics before you roll.
Someone on site the whole time who knows the rig and Common inside out. No other production software comes with an expert in the room.
The Sound Group is headed up by Tom Moore and Patrick Calvert. We're sound recordists and mixers with years on location across broadcast television: fixed rig houses, road trips abroad, studio formats and single-camera documentary.
We only work with the best sound recordists in the business, people with years in the field across all kinds of non-fiction television.
Observational documentary · fixed rig · structured reality · factual entertainment · competition and gameshow formats · travel · lifestyle · food · property · branded content
| Year | Show | Broadcaster / production | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Geordie Shore, series 27 | MTV | Sound supervisor |
| 2026 | SNL UK | NBCUniversal | Sound |
| 2025–26 | Fighting with the Fishers | Objective Media Group | Sound |
| 2025–26 | The Repair Shop | BBC | Sound |
| 2025–26 | Slimetime | Nickelodeon | Sound |
| 2025 | The Box | Two Four | Sound |
| Show | Broadcaster | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Real Marigold Hotel | BBC | Sound supervisor |
| The Farmers' Country Showdown | BBC | Sound supervisor |
| The Singles Table | ITV | Sound supervisor |
| The Best in Town | BBC | Sound supervisor |
| Geordie Shore, series 16–23 | MTV | Sound recordist |
| Interior Design Masters | BBC | Sound recordist |
| MasterChef | BBC | Sound recordist |
| The Apprentice | BBC | Sound recordist |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | BBC | Sound recordist |
| Celebs Go Dating | Channel 4 | Sound recordist |
| Ex on the Beach | MTV | Sound recordist |
| A League of Their Own | Sky | Sound recordist |
| Hunted | Channel 4 | Sound recordist |
| Camden | Netflix | Sound recordist |
| The Great American Baking Show | ABC | Sound recordist |
| Show | Production / channel | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Geordie Shore | Lime Pictures · MTV | Sound supervisor |
| Coach Trip | 12 Yard · E4 | Sound supervisor |
| Married at First Sight UK | CPL Productions · E4 | Sound |
| Made in Chelsea | Monkey Kingdom · E4 | Sound |
| Love Struck High | Studio Lambert · Amazon | Sound |
| The Masked Singer: Unmasked | Bandicoot · ITV | Sound |
| Make Me Prime Minister | Two Four | Sound |
| Shipwrecked (Cook Islands) | E4 | Sound |
| Get Me to the Church (Nicaragua) | Two Four · Travel Channel | Sound |
| Single AF | Gobstopper · MTV | Sound |
| Ex on the Beach | Whizz Kid · MTV | Sound |
| Celebrity Karaoke Club | E4 | Sound |
| Stand Up To Cancer: Don't Look Down | Southshore · Channel 4 | Sound |
| Dynamo: Magician Impossible | Phil McIntyre · Watch / BBC | Sound |
| David Attenborough VR | Factory 42 · Natural History Museum / Sky | Sound |
| NBA Global Games | NBA TV | Sound |
We're a sound company built on pushing technology forward, and putting it to work to make life on set easier for producers and crews.
We don't just run the rigs, we build the technology behind them. Common, our own system, came out of our shoots, so every crew we send knows how to get every word of your shoot to the people who need it.
Full frequency coordination for dense multi-channel RF, from a single bag to large multi-room builds. RF over fibre puts antennas exactly where coverage is needed, with the spectrum watched through the shoot.
Digital wireless that records in every transmitter, alongside the radio path, so there's always a backup and the shoot can move between rig, bag and run-and-gun without losing a word.
We build Dante audio-over-IP networks with redundant paths, so any mic can reach any recorder, gallery or listener.
Every recorder, transmitter and camera locked to a single timecode reference, so everything lands on the frame in the edit.
Our own in-house wireless monitoring: channels streamed to producer handsets, on the rig or off it, so producers listen to whoever they want, wherever they are.
We supply and maintain all of our own equipment, so it arrives tested and ready.
Someone on site who knows the rig and Common inside out, ready the moment you need them.
People with years in the field across all kinds of non-fiction television, on the bag, on the rig and in the gallery.
Sound recordist, mixer & supervisor
A location sound recordist and production sound mixer with more than ten years across broadcast TV: documentary, factual entertainment and reality, plus commercials and online content, in the UK and around the world.
Tom supervises big multi-crew shoots, from fixed rig to road trips abroad, and built Common on them.
Selected: Geordie Shore · The Real Marigold Hotel · Interior Design Masters · MasterChef · The Apprentice · Who Do You Think You Are?
Sound recordist, mixer & supervisor
Patrick started at Procam, one of Europe's biggest facilities houses, in the warehouse, learning every kind of kit from grip to cameras, and went on to run its sound department.
He's been freelance for nearly ten years, working on everything from high-end commercials to large multi-camera reality shows, and supervises sound on series like Geordie Shore and Coach Trip.
Selected: Married at First Sight UK · Made in Chelsea · Geordie Shore · Coach Trip · Love Struck High · Make Me Prime Minister
From one bag to a full fixed rig, we'll put the right crew and kit on it.