In the 1970s, historian Sir Brian Harrison embarked on a huge project to record the experiences of women who had been part of the UK suffrage movement in the early part of the 20th Century. Now in the 100th anniversary year of women in Britain finally being granted the vote, journalist Jane Garvey listens through some of the 205 tapes to get an idea of their lives as well as the risks and sacrifices the women made in their fight for equality.

This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank. Part 1: Jesse Cox (5 September 1986 – 18 December 2017) ‘Keep Them Guessing’ [excerpt]  by Jesse Cox for ABC RN’s 360Documentaries (2013)  As a young boy, producer Jesse Cox discovered a set of old cassette tapes which turned out to be a hugely popular BBC radio show featuring his grandparents performing telepathically. The tapes had been sitting in the front room of his parent's home for years - recordings of an unsolved mystery that has captivated and kept his family guessing for three generations.  (This piece won the 2013 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Directors’ Choice Award) ‘This Is About Jesse Cox’  By Belinda Lopez & Jess Bineth for This Is About (2017)  Friends and colleagues of Jesse Cox remember his work, life, spirit and humour. ‘The Real Tom Banks’  by Jesse Cox with Timothy Nicastru for ABC RN’s Radiotonic (2014)  Tom Banks is 23, gay and searching for love. He grew up relatively isolated on a farm just outside of Geelong in Victoria, Australia, and as a teenager turned to internet chat rooms to meet others. Over the years, Tom has become somewhat of an expert when it comes to meeting guys online. And he's learned that when you're online, you can be whoever you want to be. So who is the real Tom Banks?  (This piece won the 2014 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary Silver Award) Part 2: Joe Frank (19 August 1938 – 15 January 2018) Featuring: Excerpts from Joe’s 2003 Third Coast Lifetime Achievement Award Speech ‘Sweepstakes Winner’  by Joe Frank for KCRW Fund Drive (2000)  In Sweepstakes Winner, Joe Frank imagines a seemingly celebratory phone call from KCRW's Fund Drive that is quickly interrupted. ‘Dreamers’  by Joe Frank for KCRW’s Unfictional (2013)  Dreamers is a contemplation of time and mortality. It includes stories about a family’s tragic visit to Palestine and a man who attends a dinner party after learning he might be dying. This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.

A documentary by former world champion Bernard Dunne about Michael Gomez – the controversial bad boy of Irish boxing and a night in the national stadium when something strange and inexplicable happened - something never before seen in an Irish ring? (2014)

This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank. Part 1: Jesse Cox (5 September 1986 – 18 December 2017) ‘Keep Them Guessing’ [excerpt]  by Jesse Cox for ABC RN’s 360Documentaries (2013)  As a young boy, producer Jesse Cox discovered a set of old cassette tapes which turned out to be a hugely popular BBC radio show featuring his grandparents performing telepathically. The tapes had been sitting in the front room of his parent's home for years - recordings of an unsolved mystery that has captivated and kept his family guessing for three generations.  (This piece won the 2013 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Directors’ Choice Award) ‘This Is About Jesse Cox’  By Belinda Lopez & Jess Bineth for This Is About (2017)  Friends and colleagues of Jesse Cox remember his work, life, spirit and humour. ‘The Real Tom Banks’  by Jesse Cox with Timothy Nicastru for ABC RN’s Radiotonic (2014)  Tom Banks is 23, gay and searching for love. He grew up relatively isolated on a farm just outside of Geelong in Victoria, Australia, and as a teenager turned to internet chat rooms to meet others. Over the years, Tom has become somewhat of an expert when it comes to meeting guys online. And he's learned that when you're online, you can be whoever you want to be. So who is the real Tom Banks?  (This piece won the 2014 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary Silver Award) Part 2: Joe Frank (19 August 1938 – 15 January 2018) Featuring: Excerpts from Joe’s 2003 Third Coast Lifetime Achievement Award Speech ‘Sweepstakes Winner’  by Joe Frank for KCRW Fund Drive (2000)  In Sweepstakes Winner, Joe Frank imagines a seemingly celebratory phone call from KCRW's Fund Drive that is quickly interrupted. ‘Dreamers’  by Joe Frank for KCRW’s Unfictional (2013)  Dreamers is a contemplation of time and mortality. It includes stories about a family’s tragic visit to Palestine and a man who attends a dinner party after learning he might be dying. This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.

A well-known blogger and activist jailed for a peaceful protest, a young man imprisoned and tortured for wearing the wrong T- shirt, a young woman abducted by masked police, and now among more than a thousand people who have been forcibly disappeared – these are just some of the alarming stories from the new Egypt. Orla Guerin has spent the last four years reporting from Cairo where she has witnessed a systematic assault on freedoms and human rights. The country's ruler, former army chief, President Abdel Fatah al Sisi is standing for re-election (next month) in a climate of fear and intimidation. Seven years after the euphoria in Tahrir Square, Orla asks what happened to the hope born during the revolution, and reports on the abuses which campaigners say are at the heart of the Sisi regime.

Werte, Wahlen, Menschenrechte? Für die politische Elite Aserbaidschans ist alles käuflich. Im Straßburger Europarat werden Abgeordnete mit Geld und Geschenken geködert, um dem Alijew-Regime als "Wahlbeobachter" demokratische Persilscheine zu verschaffen.

In 1980, the tiny country of Iceland did something no other nation had done. They elected a female head of state. BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet travels to Reykjavik to meet Vigdis Finnbogadottir. Now 87, she was president for exactly 16 years and remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. "That’s what I have given to the girls of this country," she says: “If she can, I can.”

Japan has the fastest ageing society in the world with more than a quarter of its population over the age of 65. It currently has 66,000 centenarians, more than any other country. Toshiko Katayose and Aki Maruyama Leggett explore some of the innovative ways in which Japanese people are adapting to living longer. For over 20 years Toshiko Katayose edited Japan’s most popular magazine for senior readers. Now 67 and facing retirement, she reveals how her generation of baby-boomers born after World War Two, are overturning stereotypes about old age and how businesses are responding to these more demanding silver consumers. She visits Japan’s first supermarket built specifically to serve older shoppers which offers everything from crystal-studded walking sticks to try-before-you-buy coffin experiences. (Photo: A cornucopia of stylish walking sticks at Japan’s first supermarket for older consumers. Credit: Mukti Jain Campion)

Free from the constraints of working life, retirement is the time to start embracing a new-found freedom and enjoying your life. Growing old should be celebrated; seen as a chance to explore new interests and embark on adventures. The world is your oyster so time to start ticking off that bucket list. (1993)

Stories about people feeling lost and trying to figure out how to move ahead: two brothers take a doomed road trip through Mexico and a couple from radically different backgrounds draw up a contract for their unlikely romance.