* An invitation to wander out into the darkness

Josie Long hears tales of the witching hour as she ventures out for a midnight walk in the woods.

The Sudden Walk

Lazaretto

The Witching Hour

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

Falling in love, losing yourself and vicious sibling rivalries - Josie Long presents tales of wild youth.

We hear the writer Joe Dunthorne and his sister Leah try to unpick old family scars and a story of attempted teen rebellion from Mae Martin.

Rivals

Wild Youth

Julius and Moses

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about people who have fallen in the deep end.

From the man who sets out to scam the con artists trying to exploit him, to the hypnotist who finds himself face to face with Uday Hussein, we hear true tales of falling down the rabbit hole into unsettling situations - including the moment when the poet Ross Sutherland accidentally crossed the boundary between fiction and reality and found himself being dragged into a wrestling match.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

Josie Long ventures outdoors to present stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape - forests, lakes and skylines of the natural world.

The lessons about love and life that we can learn from a fig, a walk in the woods and a connection to a lost love found in the water.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about rivalry.

Fights for territory, standing your ground and petty feuds

From a bitter battle conducted in a laundrette to an ongoing argument between academics on either side of the world.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

A mysterious character offering to illuminate a course of action, an activist thrust into a glaring spotlight and the dull glow of car tail lights - presenter Josie Long looks for stories featuring illuminations in the darkness.

Featuring the actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather walking onstage to collect Marlon Brando's oscar, a singing medium and Laura Barton on driving at night.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

From the man who'll help you disappear to coping with a sudden, shocking loss - Josie Long looks at vanishing points.

We hear stories of private investigators, the search for solitude in the dust bowl and a woman's life changing in one devastating second.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown.

Flirtations, deceptions and the kindness of strangers.

An innocent encounter tips from flirtation to danger, the professional stranger you never want to see on your door step and a partner whose revelation turns him in an instant into a stranger.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about wordless communication.

Reading Russian literature - without a book - in solitary confinement and speaking with someone else's voice and the need to be embraced.

From the melody of your speech to the brush of skin on skin, Josie explores body language. We hear about secret codes sent through walls, a sudden bodily change which left a woman feeling like a stranger to herself and the importance of touch.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

From finding your way in a cold, dark sea swim to coping with the isolation at the bottom of the ocean, Josie Long hears stories of wild water.

Mirage

Pool Party

Diver

The Swim

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.