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BBC Radio 4
Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 7, 2020 • 31min
Hinterland
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about hinterlands - areas lying beyond what is visible or known. From how to read the dangers and possibilities of public space to the space you might inhabit after you die.When You're Gone, You're Gone (extract)
Presented / composed by Jocelyn Pook
Produced by Kate Bland
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 3Jarman's Garden
Produced by Sherre DeLys
Music by Chris AbrahamsCruising
Produced by Mara LazerWhen You're Gone, You're Gone (extract 2)
Presented / composed by Jocelyn Pook
Produced by Kate Bland
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 3Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Sep 2, 2020 • 30min
The Departure
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about leaving places behind. From zip wiring over the Iron Curtain, to reflecting on lost connections with your country of origin and a poem remembering the thousands of people lost to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Zip Wire
Featuring Daniel Pohl
Produced by Andrea Rangecrofthalf / half
Featuring Hannah Kendaru, Lou Kendaru and Remi Kendaru
Co-created by Lou and Hannah Kendaru.
Produced by Lou Kendaru
First developed for Future Currents hosted by The Doing GroupSeed of the Fruit
Featuring Mark 'Mr T' Thompson
Produced by Alan Hall
With the voice of Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson
Statistics from slavevoyages.org
Commissioned by the National Maritime Museum for UNESCO’s International Day for the Rembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its AbolitionProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Aug 25, 2020 • 30min
The Question
Short documentaries and adventures in sound about quiz shows and queries for an uncertain future. Presented by Josie Long.Google Oracle
Produced by Annina LehmannThe $64,000 Question
Produced by Jodie Taylor from Fat Rat FilmsThe Interview
Featuring Laura BartonProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4


