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Feb 23, 2021 • 29min

Correspondents

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about letter writing - Mother’s Day cards travelling thousands of miles home, love letters that are cherished, hidden and lost, and a one-way correspondence bringing comfort during chemotherapy. Letters to My Dear Lovers Produced by Sofia SaldanhaYou Go First Featuring Helene Ishikawa Produced by Rachel IshikawaUrsula Bloom speaking to Jack Singleton Home This Afternoon, BBC Radio, 1965From Me To You Featuring Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley Produced by Helen Zaltzman First broadcast in The Allusionist podcast episode ‘66. Open Me part 1’ frommetoyouletters.co.ukProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Feb 16, 2021 • 30min

Acts of Love

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that centre around acts of love - from the story of Ruth Coker Burks, who became a loving caretaker for hundreds of men during the AIDS epidemic, to the poet Nikita Gill's look at a love which ended in its beginning.Jewels from the Sun Written and read by Nikita GillThe Last Act Featuring Anita Barrows Produced by Phil Smith This interview first appeared in the documentary To Bear Witness on BBC Radio 3 in Between the Ears.Comet Dust Featuring Ruth Coker Burks Produced by Jodie Taylor and Chloe WhiteProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Dec 22, 2020 • 32min

A Merry Little Christmas

Cold-calling Santa Claus, family gatherings and a solo tradition for the 25th December - Josie Long presents festive short documentaries.Santa Clauses Produced by Noam OsbandMerry Christmas Grandad Featuring Mark Thomas Produced by Sarah CuddonChristmas at the Movies Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib Production team: Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 30min

The Caretakers

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the caretakers who help our worlds to run and re-imagining the places we love. The Reason That I'm Still Here Featuring Usnia Granger Produced by Michael SegalovCaretaker Featuring Scottee and his mum SarahThe Dustbin Man Cometh Produced by Ed ProsserFrom Surface to Core Feat. Miriam González Produced by Ariana MartinezProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Dec 8, 2020 • 29min

Silent Symphonies

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about listening to what lies beneath the surface. Uncovering one woman’s secret musical rebellion, rescuing musical scores written by prisoners in concentration camps and mapping our differing experiences in a sonic poem by the audio artist Axel Kacoutié.A Unique Literature Featuring Francesco Lotoro Produced by Andrea RangecroftMirry Featuring Tom Fraser, Margaret Drage and Geoffrey Drage Co-produced by Kirsteen McNish and Eleanor McDowall Music by Mirabel Lomer, Tom Fraser and Simon TongA Sound Poem First broadcast in the Constellations podcast episode 'Inner Geographies' Produced by Axel KacoutiéProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Dec 1, 2020 • 29min

Readers

Short documentaries and audio adventures about the letters and books which reach unexpected readers - with Josie Long. From the woman who has collected 8000 strangers' diaries to the letter treasured by a political prisoner who'd never met its senders.The Mother Featuring Cedric Jones, Sonia Sanchez and Haki Madhubuti Produced by Sarah CuddonRevolutionary Greetings Featuring Lee Mostert, Freda Mostert, Estelle Leonard and Chris Giffard Produced by Neroli Price with additional reporting by Rasmus BitschSally's Diaries Featuring Sally MacNamara Ivey Produced by Olivia HumphreysProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Nov 24, 2020 • 29min

Miniatures

Josie Long presents a selection of miniature documentaries and tiny audio adventures. A 3-minute elevator journey with the poet Paul Farley, a snappy surrealist game and a journey into the world of the planet’s tiniest inhabitants.Mini Break Produced by Andrea RangecroftThe Pitch Written by Paul Farley Produced by Geoff BirdFive-Seven-Five Produced by Sami El-Enany and Axel KacoutiéThe Shape of You in Her Produced by Jonathan Williams Created for audioplayground.xyzTime is Happening Produced by Annina LehmanThe Quiet Featuring Aisling Gallagher Produced by Calum Perrin An extract from Conversations Future Selves, a collaborative project commissioned by YLab and HARPAn Acoustic Acclamation to Things Tiny Produced by Action PyramidA Hymn to Cardea Featuring Stephen Jenkinson Produced by Phil SmithProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Nov 17, 2020 • 29min

The Interpreter

From the act of translating dance into words to finding understanding between two divorced parents - Josie Long presents stories of interpretation.What Is This Shape? Producer: Jess Shane Music: Daniel Pencer Featuring. iele paloumpis, Seta Morton, Alejandra Ospina and Krishna Washburn This research featured in this doc was catalyzed by the evening-length dance performance of In place of catastrophe, a clear night sky, which was set to premiere at Danspace Project in May 2020, but has been postponed due to COVID-19. It was directed by iele paloumpis in collaboration with Marielys Burgos-Meléndez, Seta Morton, Alejandra Ospina, Monica Rodriguez, Ogemdi Ude, Krishna Washburn, Adrien Weibgen and Marýa Wethers. For more information, please visit inplaceofcatastrophe.com The project featured in this doc was made possible, in part, by the Danspace Project Commissioning Initiative and Production Residency Program funded by the Lambent Foundation Fund of the Tides Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; with additional support through a 2019 Movement Research Residency, funded by the Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund; and is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC); as well as Dance/NYC's Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program, made possible by the generous support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, and with additional support from the New York Community Trust. Creative developmental residencies at The Chocolate Factory Theater, Queer|Art Pride at Abrons Arts Center, AUNTS Residency at Mount Tremper Arts, and the Zil Culture Center in Moscow through the GPS/Global Practice Sharing program of Movement Research with funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, have also contributed to this ongoing research.Poem With Captions By Raymond AntrobusA Birthday Card Producer: Nanna Hauge Kristensen Sound Design: Astrid HaldI'm So Sorry Producer: Eleanor McDowall Music: Jeremy Warmsley Created for audioplayground.xyzProduction Team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Sep 22, 2020 • 30min

Hauntings

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about absences which leave a mark. An unexpected visitor, a haunted literature and a grandson searches for the truth about a grandmother he never knew.Ghosts Featuring Mariana EnríquezUnexpected Guests (Extract) Produced by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson Originally made for the podcast CriminalAlicia Written and produced by Sayre Quevedo, with editing by Cristal Duhaime, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Sarah Geis, mixed by Mira Burt-Wintonick Originally made for the podcast Love MeBeloved Featuring Toni Morrison Produced by Shanida ScotlandProduction Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Sep 15, 2020 • 29min

Tomorrow

Programming a stand up comedian, learning to challenge ideas of perfectionism through tending a garden, and poems looking towards a more empathetic future. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring our visions of the future. S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. Produced by Ross Sutherland Originally produced for Imaginary Advice Learning/Unlearning Featuring Ciarra Jones Produced by Erisa ApantakuThe Missing Featuring Roger Robinson Produced by Alia CassamProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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