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New Storytellers Episodes

  1.

    A Young Sel in a Small Town

    5/30 Selina revisits her early years as part of a Jamaican family growing up in South Wales.

  2. My Life After Grenfell

    4/30 Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire recall what has happened since that fateful night.

  3. Beyond the Ballot

    3/30 Along mountain passes and into a besieged UN-Compound, Fran remembers East Timor in 1999.

  4. Kidnapped

    2/30 A binaural docu-drama which puts the listener at the centre of two kidnapping stories.

  5. The Flapper

    1/30 The story of one family told through one object - a memorial to a much-missed matriarch.

  6. The Outcast Dead and Alive

    An ode to Crossbones, a hidden medieval sex-workers’ graveyard, in Southwark, London.

  7. Full Circle

    One woman's 40-year search for her daughter who she last saw in Belfast as a baby.

  8. The National Language of Nowhere

    How an 1000-year-old language still affects one family passing through the generations.

  9. Friends of the Wall

    They’ve painted over 200,000 red hearts on a huge wall in the heart of Westminster. Why?

  10. Fight Fair

    How a single mother and her son found strength, belonging and joy in the world of boxing.

  11. Our Dad

    A true story, unwound and spun, about growing up in the shadow of violence and addiction.

  12. Disappearing Birds

    House martins live on our homes in summer - in winter they disappear. Will they return?

  13. Out at Sea, Out of Mind

    A deep dive into the sonic realms of the sea and the effects of man-made noise pollution.

  14. Harassment Architecture

    Is it time to rethink urban architecture that potentially creates hostile environments?

  15. The Final Fanfayre

    In 1974, a young girl band from Middlesbrough made a record for their idols - The Osmonds.

  16. The Sound Collector

    The Gold Winner of the Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Audio Feature 2023.

  17. Sara's Spirit

    After a tragic terror attack in London, the lives of two parents changed forever.

  18. He Wears a Mask, and His Face Grows to Fit It

    How do we live with trauma? A retired policeman reflects on his emotional weight.

  19. Down on the Farm

    Exploring one of the biggest problems faced by farmers today - their own mental health.

  20. Breathing Lyrical

    Can a 13th-century Persian poem help you recover from long Covid?

  21. 40 Years On: Remembering the New Cross Fire

    Commemorating the 1981 New Cross fire that killed 13 black teenagers at a birthday party.

  22. He's Only a Cleaner

    As Covid-19 took hold, an invisible army of workers battled the virus.

  23. Read my Lips

    Born with a difference, Danielle’s experience growing up in a world focused on appearance.

  24. Outsider Sisters

    An exploration of the experiences being a woman and non-binary person of colour in the UK.

  25. The Bathing Place

    Exploring Parson’s Pleasure, a male-only nude bathing place on the outskirts of Oxford.

  26. This Ain't My Life

    The story of Kane Walker and what his sad death means for the homeless of Birmingham.

  27. Projectionists

    The people keeping the art of cinema projection alive in a time it is no longer needed.

  28. Living with Dementia

    A creative insight into dementia and the support offered to help improve lives.

  29. Palores, the Bird of Cornwall

    Poetry and stories exploring the Chough’s symbolic connection to Cornish identity.

  30. Anything Goes in Holbeck

    An insight into Leeds’ dedicated zone for the legalised selling and buying of street sex.