Joe Dunthorne dives into poetic descriptions of the body and we hear the sound of sleep. Visceral short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

Her Eyes Were Like...

While You Were Sleeping

Transition

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2019.

Navigating emotional terrain, finding joy in another world and mapping a continuum of thinking. Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire, love and heartbreak.

Pixels and Bits

Featuring Stephen Sexton

Drive Straight Ahead

Written by Jonathan Goldstein and Mira Burt-Wintonick

Playing in the Dark

Featuring Gail Lewis, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski and Natasha Mumbi Nkonde

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.

Magical creatures wrap themselves around you in the fog and we hear a musical tribute to furry beasts - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about real and imagined animals.

Cat Names

Ashi Magari

Touching the Elephant

Concerts for Dogs

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.

From rally car driving to the healing power of climbing - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about sport, exercise and competition.

Go Faster

Climb When Ready

That's It

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

From a broken-hearted granddaughter's search for understanding to a collective conversation around desire - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about desire, love and heartbreak.

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Texts I've Sent The Government

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An Interrogation

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.

The tattered book worth risking everything for, the man who can't forget and chronicling history one voice message at a time.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers.

Memories

Messages from Manus Island

The Exercise Book

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

A family whose women are bound by activism, poetry between generations and forging new families in later life. Josie Long presents short documentaries about familial connections.

Radical Love

A Beautiful Arrangement

Loose Lips

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Josie Long heads out alone into nature to present short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the poet Mary Oliver. From a meditation on the seasons amid the changing climate, to an exploration of wanting with Laura Barton.

Wild and Precious

Mary Oliver - Listening to the World (edited extract)

To Fail as a Witness

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians.

Lavender Country

Downtown

Spiders! The Musical

Image Credit: Matthew Wilson

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

Josie Long draws her own image whilst presenting short documentaries about turning the camera lens or microphone on yourself.

A Private Ritual

Ghosts

How To Remember

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.