Stories in Sound Podcast
Radio Ulster brings together some of the best radio documentaries from UK and Irish broadcasters.
Episodes to download
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Back Down the River
Sun 22 Nov 2015
Mark Patterson and Boyd McClurg canoe from Lough Neagh to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Orangemen on the Equator
Sun 4 Oct 2015
Journalist Chris Page journeys to West Africa to meet members of the Ghanaian Orange Order
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Sun 27 Sep 2015
Kevin Magee investigates the case of an east Belfast man jailed for life in 2007.
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Wild in the Country
Sun 20 Sep 2015
Julian Fowler investigates the plight of Northern Ireland's endangered creatures.
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Fighting to Stay the Same
Sun 13 Sep 2015
Andy Martin examines the current state of loyalism in Northern Ireland.
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Derry Taxi Tales
Sun 6 Sep 2015
Award-winning documentary-maker Rob Mulhern pays a visit to Londonderry.
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My Tall Ship Adventure
Sun 30 Aug 2015
In the Tall Ship Races 2015, Cathy Moorehead set sail from Belfast to Alesund in Norway
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Saved
Sun 26 Apr 2015
Producer Philip Gallagher follows traveller and evangelical preacher, John Purcell.
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Churchill's Grave
Sun 19 Apr 2015
William Crawley travels to Oxfordshire village of Bladon to visit Churchill's grave.
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A Diamond in the Rough
Sun 12 Apr 2015
Football fan Rigsy goes on the trail of Belfast footballer Jimmy Hasty.
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Craigavon: The New City
Sun 5 Apr 2015
Historian Eamon Phoenix explores the fifty-year history of Craigavon.
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The Lady Computer of Strabane
Sun 22 Mar 2015
Anne-Marie McAleese goes in search of pioneering astronomer Annie Maunder.
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Keeping the Faith
Sun 15 Mar 2015
Elaine McGee asks if allowing priests to marry could help reverse falling numbers.
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The Death of a Dream Team
Sun 8 Mar 2015
Kevin Magee tells the story of Ballyhackamore GAA, east Belfast's Gaelic football team.
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Not Dad's Army - Northern Ireland's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard
Sun 1 Mar 2015
Chris Capper tells the story of the Ulster Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard.
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The Roots of Rave
Sun 22 Feb 2015
John Campbell reports on the legacy of raves at the Ulster Hall in the 1990s.
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Vice Girl or Victim?
Sun 15 Feb 2015
Andy Pag reports on the story of a Chinese sex worker in Belfast working to pay off debts.
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Don't Go Far
Sun 30 Nov 2014
The story of two young Dublin boys who took a Dart ride that went beyond their stop.
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Cold Water California
Sun 2 Nov 2014
Mark Patterson explores how surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities.
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Retreat from the Sea
Sun 26 Oct 2014
Jenny Witt investigates the idea of a 'planned retreat' inland as sea levels rise.
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Piers the Plowman Revisited
Sun 17 Aug 2014
Writer Ian Sansom attempts to adapt for radio William Langland's medieval dream poem.
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Dinner at Annaghmakerrig
Mon 9 Jun 2014
Marie-Louise Muir meets Ireland's artists at the former home of Sir Tyrone Guthrie.
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Clearing the Air
Mon 31 Mar 2014
Denis Murray looks at the impact of smoke-free laws around Europe over the last decade.
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Nowhere to Go
Sun 16 Feb 2014
Chris Page investigates the issues faced by asylum seekers who arrive in Belfast.
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Katikati - The Ulster Colony Down Under
Sun 9 Feb 2014
Mark Thompson tells the story of Ulster Scots who relocated to New Zealand in the 1870s.
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Derry to Mostar and the Conquest of Happiness
Mon 16 Dec 2013
Marie-Louise Muir joins a play as it travels from Londonderry to the Bosnian city Mostar.
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Speculating the Emerald Isle
Fri 15 Mar 2013
An oil bonanza could be on the cards for Ireland, but who will benefit and at what cost?
