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The Gloaming

Episode 5 of 6

Josie Long presents new short documentaries on searching for hope in the gathering darkness.

Josie Long presents new short documentaries on searching for hope in the gathering darkness.

John McCarthy and Brian Keenan look back on a single act of human kindness that glows amid much darker memories, a late night conversation explores the hope bound up in playing the lottery, and we hear as voices fade in a Danish hospice.

The Gloaming
Featuring John McCarthy and Brian Keenan
Produced by Geoff Bird

Fading
Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

The Lottery
Produced by Phoebe Wang

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2018.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Mar 2021 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 18 Dec 2018 15:00
  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 18:30
  • Thu 25 Mar 2021 00:30

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