Short Cuts

Josie Long presents stories of intimate conversations. A 30-year-long conversation comes to an end, an undercover agent reveals how to flatter someone into prison and we discover the secrets of the 'dual form'. With the Caterpillar Featuring Bostjan Dvorak Produced by Phil Smith Colleagues Featuring Dr Irene Pepperberg Produced by Andrea Rangecroft He Was So Happy to See Me Featuring Ed Follis Produced by Leo Hornak 99 Words http://99words.co.uk/ Featuring Sally Potter Beverly Eckert Produced by Vanara Taing with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallExecutive Producer: Alan HallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of adaptation. A former ghost writer describes the art of adapting someone else's life for the page, and a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years.Plus two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.Taking part:Mark McCrum Martha Lenio Sarah Dadouch Frank Hewetson Dima LitinovProducers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona ClampinSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

From the first touch to the last kiss, Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself. An audio diary shines a light on how we rebuild ourselves after the end of a relationship, how a final kiss in a love affair holds us in a moment crackling with tension, and how a first touch offers a moment of tenderness. Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of seeing double.A baby monitor which opens up a terrifying world, an explorer who ventures into the unknown and a woman who longs to disappear into space.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of seeing double. Tales of dopplegangers, identity theft and a woman who offered a living counterpart to dead composers. Featuring a new 'documentary song' from Gaggle.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.

Josie Long presents stories about absence and nothing.A decades long murder mystery about the death of a man who never existed, the story of losing someone you never knew and a first time treasure hunter finds something against the odds but ends up with nothing.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.

Josie Long presents tales of blackouts, late nights and bedtime stories.Love found after a blackout, telephone counselling for bereaved rock star managers and erotica for the elderly.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

Josie Long peers behind the curtain to reveal stories from behind the scenes.There's secret telephone discos for cold calling salesmen, moral dilemmas which emerge behind the scenes on a reality television show and Joe Dunthorne attempts to gain access to the OULIPO.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

A message in a bottle, cast into the ocean, reaches a woman who needs it.A lifeboat adrift and isolated in icy waters and a crackling, radio connection offers a lifeline between friends. Josie Long hears tales of making contact. Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

Josie Long dives down a rabbit hole in this sequence of short documentaries, true stories and radio adventures.We hear tales of a spam email that alters the course of two people's lives and a mysterious monument made out of shoes at a deserted intersection in rural Indiana.Miranda July leads us into another world with her story of swim coaching an elderly team in a town near no large bodies of water. Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

Josie Long goes on an adventure as she presents a sequence of mini documentaries about exploration. With tales of riding cellos down the mountain side and romantic exploration on the U Bahn. Great Bear Rainforest Produced by Elizabeth Arnold Die Fremde Produced by Phil Smith Out of the Blocks (Extract) Produced by Aaron Henkin and electronic musician Wendel Patrick Everest Glissando Feat. Stephen Venables Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Producer: Eleanor McDowall.A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2014.

Josie Long investigates small mysteries in this sequence of mini documentaries. Hearing tales of ghost ships, hidden underground kingdoms and the disappointment of discovering the banality of your family's secrets. The items featured in the programme are: Finding Sumo Produced by Bob Carlson First broadcast in 'Family Justice' on UnFictional: Love Letters Feat. Alan Dearn Ryou-Un Maru Produced by Martin Johnson The Underground Kingdom Feat. Ross Sutherland Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries exploring what happens when nobody knows your name. From our transgressions online through to an unusual love affair between two strangers who had never set eyes on each other, Josie hears how anonymity can both ensnare and liberate us. Featuring: Long Distance Feat. Victor LaValle Produced by Katie Burningham Undercover Feat. Fergal Keane The Mollusc and the Peacock Produced by Natalie Kestecher Anonymous Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.

Josie Long presents a series of mini-documentaries exploring the idea of being in limbo. From the story of a journalist impersonating a journalist in an Afghan village based in Canada to the music of answer machine messages, Josie examines what happens when we are neither here nor there. Between Feat. Jurate Jurkeviciene Produced by Sara Parker The Village Feat. Chris Bowman Produced by Sophie Black The Gallery Feat. Fernando Maquieira Produced by Sarah Cuddon 'Messages' From 'Portraits in Absentia' Composed and Performed by Jocelyn Pook Nine Months Feat. Jane Dolby Produced by Hana Walker-BrownProducer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2014.

Josie Long ventures where she shouldn't with this sequence of brief encounters, true stories and radio adventures about acts of trespass.Stories of stolen waxworks, formal letters severing friendships, and travels into unknown territory.Urban Exploration Feat. Bradley Garrett http://www.bradleygarrett.com/stills/Stealing Snowdon Produced by Olivia Humphreys, Chloe White and Will Davies Crown the King Produced by Adam Kampe Originally produced for the Third Coast International Audio Festival 'ShortDocs' competition http://thirdcoastfestival.org/library/collections/4-shortdocsThe Disavowal Produced by Katie BurninghamMunich Feat. Phillip Bull Bruckner Produced by Hana Walker-BrownSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries between 'real' life and dreaming blur. From the addictive, perception-altering qualities of romantic love through to a surreal story about recording dreams. We hear from the legendary film editor and director Walter Murch about the dreamlike qualities of cinematic narratives and the psychologist Susan Blackmore's experience of looking down from the ceiling at her own body. The items featured in the programme are: Waking Life Feat. Susan Blackmore Prod. Sara Parker Dreaming Feat. Walter Murch The Man Who Could Record Your Dreams Prod. Bob Carlson Originally broadcast on Unfictional An extended version of this story can he found here: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/uf/uf110909the_man_who_could_re Last Words Feat. Kester Brewin Love is a Drug Feat. Helen Fisher Prod. Hana Walker Brown Answer Machine Found sound from Tape Findings http://www.sweetthunder.org/tapes/ Series Producer:

Josie Long gets scared as she presents a sequence of frightening mini documentaries.From the sound of fear to the feel of terror, we hear the story of a sleepwalking menace stalking through an American summer camp late at night and tales of how the young David O'Doherty was terrorised by his older brother.Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4The items featured in the programme are:Dead Man's Hand Feat. David O'Doherty Prod. Sophie BlackWelcome to the Inn Feat. Wolfgang Georgsdorf Prod. Phil SmithThe Casserole Music by Cabinet of Living Cinema featuring Zac Gvirtzman Prod. Sarah CuddonDie From the podcast Random Tape Prod. David WeinbergWilder Feat. Dave Benson Prod. Sophie Black.

Josie Long goes on a series of unusual journeys as she presents a sequence of mini documentaries about adventurous trips.From searching for teenage misadventure through to finding yourself, we travel from the British seaside to the freezing landscape of Minnesota altering minds and bodies along the way.Frank Education Feat. Philip Bill Bruckner Prod. Hana Walker-BrownSt Audries Feat. Margaret Pepper Prod. Olivia HumphreysMy Father Takes a Vacation Prod. Martin JohnsonCold in Minnesota Originally broadcast on the Unfictional Podcast Prod. Bob CarlsonSeries producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.

Josie Long explores the painful process of growing up in a sequence of mini documentaries.From first steps to last love, we hear tales of controversial haircuts, the search for independence and the need to let go of the past.The items featured in the programme are:Singing Boys Prod. Rikke HoudLike Rude Boys Feat. voices recorded at the creative arts organisation Only Connect Prod. Steve UrquhartDark Eyes Prod. Natalie Kestecher Originally broadcast on ABC Radio NationalScared Prod. John BiewenThe Man in the Picture Prod. Sara ParkerDanny and Annie Prod. StoryCorpsSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about small acts of resistance - from bursting into song to crashing a car into a wall. We hear from a woman whose encounter with an underground resistance movement led to tapped phones and aggressive encounters with ice cream salesmen and listen to the power of a collective as individual voices at a protest are woven into music.The items featured in the programme are:La esperanza muere al último Feat. Studs TerkelNicholas Petron Produced by StoryCorpsHeavy Iron Beast Produced by Leo HornakStories from the Underground Feat. Kathy Reina Produced by Will DrysdaleRabble Rousers Produced by Sarah Boothroyd http://sarahboothroyd.comGentle Angry People Feat. the San Ghanny choir Produced by Rose de LarrabeitiSeries producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.