Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories podcast. Hear from the filmmakers behind many of this year’s most lauded and talked about documentaries as they reveal which non-fiction films mean the most to them.

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In the year’s last episode, Jake Wiafe welcomes Leon McCarron, presenter, adventurer, and writer, starring in the Real Stories Original, “How to Save a Tribe” - a documentary about the small and ancient Samaritan community residing on mount Gerizim in Palestine, the Middle East. This small religious tribe is on the verge of extinction as no one traditionally were allowed to marry outside the community - yet, realising this, online dating has become the way to secure the next generations, now bringing in outsiders from as far as Ukraine. 

In the episode, Leon recounts how he first met this unique community during his travels across the region by foot, and explains what made him want to tell their specific story, and why he thinks it is an especially important one to be heard. 

Jake and Leon also talks more broadly about Leon’s urge to travel, his adventures across entire continents on bike and foot, and what he has learned from meeting people and small communities like the Samaritans across the world. 

How to Save a Tribe is available on Real Stories YouTube. 

If you want to see more of Leon’s past, current and future projects and adventures, visit www.leonmccarron.com

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And lastly but not least: Merry Christmas! 

 

 

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The day of this podcast episode release, 27th November, marks the 24th anniversary for Ruth Wilson’s disappearance from Box Hill, Surrey in England. Our host, Jake Wiafe, speaks with journalist Martin Bright, who features in the investigative documentary about Ruth Wilson’s case: Vanished: The Surrey Schoolgirl. They discuss the mysterious events that led up to the day of Ruth vanished; the new information the documentary revealed; and the dealings with police, friends, and family while trying to uncover what happened to Ruth on that day on Box Hill, 27th November, 1995. 

If you have any information regarding the case, or want to get involved in other ways, visit the Vanished: The Surrey Schoolgirl Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1833294303641124/

You can watch the full documentary on Real Stories: https://youtu.be/pfkAO8VcKBg

We also mentioned the Searching For series, inspired by Vanished: The Surrey Schoolgirl. All three episodes are available on Real Stories YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKX-YBD4nIPeRGa4obIwXocNEwvhvONEa and on Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/searching-for

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In this episode, our host Jake Wiafe meets the documentary producers Rachel Forbes and Paul Woolf to discuss the newly released true-crime series, Searching For. The documentary series investigates the mysterious disappearances of Akia Eggleston, Jenna Van Gelderen, and Nancy Moyer, whose cases all remain unsolved to this day.  

They discuss the process of making the series while dealing with family, police, and the surrounding communities, hoping that their work may lead to new clues as to what happened in these three disturbing cases. 

You can watch all three episodes for free on https://www.oxygen.com/searching-for and Real Stories’ YouTube page,

Join the conversation around the cases in the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OxygenSearchingFor/

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You come at the king? You best not miss. So said Omar Little in David Simon's legendary HBO drama The Wire. So when we got the chance to speak to our very own CEO, Andy Taylor, we were very excited, and we're pleased to say we feel it's a hit. This episode you'll hear some of the background of Real Stories, and Little Dot Studios (that's us, the company behind Real Stories), as well as a look ahead to what's still to come.

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The films Andy mentioned in the episode are Missed Call and Pure O, and are available to watch for free right now.

Jake mentioned Sorry, I Shot You, and Olly describes Violet Vixen.

And finally, we also mentioned our History Channel Timeline which is full of fascinating History Documentaries.

 

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In Episode 2 Jake speaks to Joya and Lucy Jane, the surfing film makers responsible for Real Stories original Surf Girls Jamaica. Surf girls Jamaica explores the oft over looked black female surf culture in Jamaica through the eyes of some of it's most active and vocal proponents. You can watch the full film here on YouTube from anywhere in the world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaTUYaSD-wA

We also find out whether Missed Call, about which we talked in episode one with Director and star Victoria Mapplebeck and Real Stories Commissioning Editor Adam Gee, was successful in winning the BAFTA Award for Best Short Form Programme.

Find out more about Black Girls Surf here - https://blackgirlssurf.com/

 

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Welcome to the first ever Real Stories Podcast. In this first episode Jake speaks to Real Stories Commissioner Adam Gee, and the Director of one of our Real Stories Originals 'Missed Call', Victoria Mapplebeck, about: getting a Bafta nomination; shooting a documentary entirely on an iPhone; putting your personal life (and that of your son) on screen; and loads more besides.

 

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