Short Cuts

Someone to Watch Over Me

In the first programme of this series of Short Cuts, Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries which peel back the curtain, peer into the darkness and look out at those who are watching us. By turns delightful and unsettling, today's audio adventures include the secret games teachers play when they're invigilating exams, a photographer whose ambition is to capture 'still lives' of people unawares in their homes at night, and a glimpse of the devices you can buy to spy on those supposedly close to you. The items featured in the programme are: Someone to Watch Over Me Produced by Sara Parker Stand by Me Produced by Benjamin Partridge I Was Bruce Lee Produced by Leo Hornak Cracking the Love Code Produced by Bob Carlson All Eyes on Us Produced by Steve Urquhart She Sees Your Every Move Produced by Jonathan Mitchell Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Taking Flight

Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries in which people hurl themselves into the air with the hope of taking flight. We glide through the air, fall into the sea and explore grand leaps of the imagination, which cross the border between dreaming and reality. From comedian Holly Walsh's tale of hurtling off the edge of a pier in a handmade helicopter, through to the story of a trapeze artist balancing on the edge of falling as he casts himself upwards. The items featured in the programme are: The Fall Featuring Charlie Morley Sky Boy Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Falling for Rambo Featuring Holly Walsh Produced by Benjamin Partridge The Dreamers Featuring Charlie Morley Looking Up Originally broadcast in 'Space' from Radiolab http://www.radiolab.org Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Split

Josie Long presents a series of delightful and adventurous short documentaries, brief encounters, true stories and found sound. We examine rips in the fabric of the universe as Josie Long delves into stories of splits, divisions and tears. From broken hearts to divided personalities. We hear from a woman who was so tired of being in two minds that she surrendered all of her decision making to a piece of string, a mimic who taught herself how to assume alternate personalities and we recover from heartbreak using the 'Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline'. The items featured in the programme are: Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline Originally broadcast in WireTap http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/ String Produced by Natalie Kestecher The full version of this story can be found here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/string/4010328 Split Voices Produced by Sarah Cuddon Other Halves Produced by Dennis Funk Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Lines of Communication

Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries about communication - messages that could break your heart, rescue you from a fight or save you from a long stay in jail. The writer Glenn Patterson explains why sometimes we should ignore the writing on the wall, and musician Tom Robinson describes the unlikely message he sent at a time when he was in a lot of trouble. Stories of last words, lost love and lights being knocked out. The items featured in the programme are: Guess Who Found sound from the collection of Mark Vernon http://www.meagreresource.com/ L'Esprit De L'Escalier Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Yanto Featuring Glenn Patterson Produced by Rachel Hooper Message from Above Featuring Tom Robinson Produced by Alan Hall Dear Sophie Produced by Sara Parker Conversations with Nic Featuring Esther Baker Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Lost and Found

Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries with stories of loss and discovery. From being lost in the music to lost love - Josie delves into tales of forgotten cassette tapes, voices rediscovered and teenage rebellion. Hide and Seek Feat. Steve Colgan Lost in Music Produced by Steve Urquhart I am Luther Blissett Produced by Rosanna Arbon Fluctuations Produced by Phil Smith Lost Voices Feat. Jude Rogers Looking for Layla Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.