Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 1244:20:58
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Synopsis

Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland. With over 1,500 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One has the largest archive of documentaries available globally. These productions are radio stories about real life and contain documentaries dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. A wealth of life, ideas and experiences are on offer - but most importantly - stories. Winner of over 150 national and international awards since 2008, why not immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.

Episodes

  • The Kindness of Strangers

    04/07/2013 Duration: 11min

    What happens when a woman walks up to you on the street and gives you a bunch of flowers? The 2011 London riots shocked many Londoners but in Bernadette Russell's, they made her start an unusual project: 366 Days of Kindness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Hear, See, Feel

    28/06/2013 Duration: 35min

    How do you experience music when you can't hear?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • The Door Into the Dark

    27/06/2013 Duration: 15min

    A Waterford forge comes to life once moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Doc Archive (2006): The Nore Bar

    26/06/2013 Duration: 26min

    What happens when they turn off the TV in the Nore Bar, Kilkenny City every second Tuesday night? The young folk leave after watching the football, the TV is switched off, the spotlight comes on in the corner of the bar and the monologues start. It is a social occasion, where many stories are shared with laughter and tears. (First Broadcast 2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • An Angelman year

    21/06/2013 Duration: 38min

    Zac, Luke and Clara are three children living in Ireland. In America, another little girl they don't know - Molly Brockie - is undergoing clinical trials that could change all of these childrens lives. All have Angelman Syndrome - a rare genetic disorder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • County London

    20/06/2013 Duration: 12min

    For the first time since the 1970s, 'County London' have advanced to the Connacht semi-final in the GAA Senior Football Championships. Maybe not a big deal here but over there, Robert Mulhern, author of "A Very Different County", says it matters a lot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Lucia Joyce - Diving and Falling

    14/06/2013 Duration: 42min

    Imagine being the daughter of one of the world's most experimental and famous writers. Lucia Joyce was the troubled and talented daughter of James Joyce. Surrounded by bohemian life, he fragile mental health led to a long battle to regain her life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Racing The Tide

    13/06/2013 Duration: 11min

    There's more to one Connemara beach than sunbathing. Omey Island is off the coast of Galway. At every low tide you can travel to the island across a magnificent, broad strand. Once a year, this strand is the location of one of Ireland's beach races.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • A Tale Told in Thread - The Ros Tapestry

    07/06/2013 Duration: 41min

    Invasions, battles, romance - centuries of history brought to life in 15 huge embroidered panels telling the epic story of the founding of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1207.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Irish Jack

    06/06/2013 Duration: 35min

    Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?… Why is this man Ireland's No.1 "Who" fan?…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • For Ever

    31/05/2013 Duration: 41min

    A story of co-parenting, of a parenting contract and the creation of a 21st century modern day family. Brian Kelly is from North Cork, Phoenix, the mother of his child is Chinese - and their daughter, Ever Elizabeth Jade Kelly is Australian.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • The Exam

    30/05/2013 Duration: 26min

    In July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway - 8 died in a bombing and 69 were subsequently shot in one of Norway's worst human atrocities. Here, we meet the police investigator who was charged with bringing Anders Breivik to justice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • The Undiscovered Country

    24/05/2013 Duration: 34min

    This is a documentary about travelling theatre, about a childhood trauma, about a place on the border, and about a 70-something man's search for his father.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • 31 Years of Memories

    23/05/2013 Duration: 16min

    Two men with Irish connections on opposite sides in the Falklands War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Songs My Mother Taught Me

    17/05/2013 Duration: 52min

    A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Dalkey Meals on Wheels

    16/05/2013 Duration: 26min

    A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006) A day out with the cooks, drivers and customers of the Meals on Wheels in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. (First Broadcast March 2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Over There - Green Cab

    10/05/2013 Duration: 33min

    A London taxi tour around the stories of the Irish in London, including the more recently-arrived.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Banna Polar Bears

    09/05/2013 Duration: 16min

    Now that the weather's picking up, you may be thinking about going for a swim. But, no matter how hardy you think you are, you'll have to go a long way to match the Banna Polar Bears who swim every month of the year - even when the sand is frozen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Over There - The Green Line

    03/05/2013 Duration: 36min

    The London Underground has The District Line, The Circle Line and so on. "The Green Line" is a notional Tube line that Robert Mulhern has taken to find Irish stories in the UK capital: the "Mammy" away from home, the ex-prisoner, the retired drinkers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Twigs

    02/05/2013 Duration: 14min

    The artist who burns his artSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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