Short Cuts

Josie Long presents a series of mini-documentaries exploring the idea of being in limbo. From the story of a journalist impersonating a journalist in an Afghan village based in Canada to the music …

Josie Long ventures where she shouldn't with this sequence of brief encounters, true stories and radio adventures about acts of trespass.

Stories of stolen waxworks, formal letters severing friendship…

Josie Long presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries between 'real' life and dreaming blur. From the addictive, perception-altering quali…

Josie Long gets scared as she presents a sequence of frightening mini documentaries.

From the sound of fear to the feel of terror, we hear the story of a sleepwalking menace stalking through an Americ…

Josie Long goes on a series of unusual journeys as she presents a sequence of mini documentaries about adventurous trips.

From searching for teenage misadventure through to finding yourself, we travel…

Josie Long explores the painful process of growing up in a sequence of mini documentaries.

From first steps to last love, we hear tales of controversial haircuts, the search for independence and the n…

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about small acts of resistance - from bursting into song to crashing a car into a wall. We hear from a woman whose encounter with an underground r…

Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries about keeping quiet, being lost for words and complete silence.

From the crushing silence after a musician's mistake to the tense hush that surround…

Josie Long presents a sequence of unbelievable mini documentaries looking at bending the truth, fantasists and outright liars.

Josie hears how the writer Ross Sutherland invented a mysterious secret s…

Josie Long presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries and makes her escape as we hear stories of running away, flight and car chases.

From breaking away to disappearing int…

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 redis…

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 Patter…

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 …

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 …

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 …