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.
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Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
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Folge vom 21.10.2014Behind The Curtain
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Folge vom 14.10.2014ConnectionsA 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.
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Folge vom 07.10.2014Rabbit HolesJosie 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.
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Folge vom 06.05.2014ExplorersJosie 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.