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Love Letters From The Front
Episode 1
To mark Armistice Day 2012 - A story of love and war - based on a collection of letters written by Eric Appleby from the trenchs of WW1 to Phyllis, a…
13 years, 11 months ago
Wrong Way Across The Atlantic
Episode 1
They went against the flow. Tom McDonough and Ned Hammell immigrated to Ireland from the US in the early years of the last century - they left Americ…
13 years, 11 months ago
No Place Like Home
Episode 1
Life inside a 'wet' hostel - where residents are allowed bring in alcohol. Sundial House, run by DePaul Ireland, a long-term housing project in Dubli…
13 years, 11 months ago
Shellacked!
Episode 1
It used to be that you could varnish your nails - now you can have 'shellac nails'. It's a hard protection that makes the colour last. However, it's …
14 years ago
Daft Horror Movies
Episode 1
Horror movies that are so bad, they're good. Erik Threlfall is an expert on horror movies, trashy ones: 'Bloody Moon', 'Pieces', 'Slumber Party Massa…
14 years ago
One World: Team Vietnam - Let the games begin!
Episode 1
Everyone got behind the Irish Paralympic team at the London 2012 games but we also had good reason to be cheering on another team - Vietnam. Irish Ai…
14 years ago
One World: Under the Mango Tree
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Kiliwa is a community living with the aftermath of violence and child abduction by Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army. Della Kilroy records stories…
14 years ago
German Soup Kitchen
Episode 1
In the week in which Angela Merkel put the frighteners on Ireland, The Curious Ear visits a place in Germany you may imagine didn't exist: a soup kit…
14 years ago
If Music Be the Food of Life, Play On
Episode 1
Three professional musicians go on the wards of Ireland's hospitals to make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accid…
14 years ago
Nightscapes - Fire
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Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime so…
14 years ago