Short Cuts

Josie Long presents toe-tapping, choreographed short documentaries and adventures in sound about dancing. From falling in love with movement to the art of staying still. Vogue Featuring Darren Suarez Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Screen Test Featuring Lucinda Childs Produced by Hannah Dean With music by Kayla Painter Includes audio from the upcoming Andy Warhol exhibition at Tate Modern It's a Commitment (Extract) Originally made for the Smash/Cut podcast Featuring Dr Brenda Dixon Gottschild and Dr Halifu Osumare Produced by Alexander Charles Adams and Margaret Laurena Kemp Music Credits: Revolution Void, Lloyd Rodgers, Kitchen Romance, and Alexander Charles Adams Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about feats of endurance. A marathon runner needs to outrun a race official who wants her off the track, a woman exhausts herself while running through the personal ads and a writer living in the shadow of a nuclear reactor finds unlikely companionship with cockroaches. Endurance Featuring Laura Barton Mr Right Produced by Inge Hoonte Originally made for Deep Wireless 4 Runner 261 Featuring Kathrine Switzer Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Isn't it lovely? Produced by Phoebe Wang First commissioned as a part of the Constellations podcast's exhibition Resonant Bodies and then released in Constellations This piece was supported in part by the Wassaic Artist Residency Program. Kathrine Switzer photo credit - Boston Herald Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

A 6 year old takes a rather un-childlike view on the realities of Santa Claus, Icelandic Christmas characters creep out of the darkness, Scottee tells the story of a loving gift that travelled across countries and generations and the festive season bursts into song. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound (for grown-ups) on Christmas Eve. I Don't Know Produced by Andy Mills with the musicians Matt and Jacob Boll, Corey and Cobey Bienert and Enoch Kim. Out of the Dark Featuring Rósa Thorsteinsdottir and Eva Maria Jónssdottir from The Arni Magnussen Institute Produced by Rikke Houd Nativity Featuring Scottee Produced by Alia Cassam The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (Reprise) Featuring Seymour and Stuart Sarnoff Produced by Alex Lewis Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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... Featuring Joe Dunthorne, Caroline Bird, Ross Sutherland and Jack Underwood While You Were Sleeping Featuring Dr Jim Grayburn Produced by Calum Perrin Transition Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Navigating emotional terrain, finding joy in another world and mapping a continuum of thinking. Josie Long presents short documentaries about charting the territory. Pixels and Bits Featuring Stephen Sexton Produced by Alia Cassam Drive Straight Ahead Written by Jonathan Goldstein and Mira Burt-Wintonick Produced by Jonathan Goldstein, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime Originally broadcast on CBC's WireTap Playing in the Dark Featuring Gail Lewis, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski and Natasha Mumbi Nkonde Produced by Tej Adeleye Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4