B2[C or U]the activity of organizing the practical and financial matters connected with the preparation of a film, play, or television or radio programme: She's hoping to get into television production.Disney's latest production (= film) looks likely to be their most successful ever.Broadcasting in general›[C]a particular series of performances of a theatre entertainment such as a play or opera: They're doing a new production of Macbeth at the National Theatre.Spectacles and performances›[U]the preparation and general quality of a musical recording's sound, showing the way in which the music was recorded rather than the quality of the singing and the music: George Martin did the production on the Beatles records.Recording sounds and images