Main content

Josie Long presents festive short documentaries for Christmas Eve.

A 6 year old takes a rather un-childlike view on the realities of Santa Claus, Icelandic Christmas characters creep out of the darkness, Scottee tells the story of a loving gift that travelled across countries and generations and the festive season bursts into song. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound (for grown-ups) on Christmas Eve.

I Don't Know
Produced by Andy Mills with the musicians Matt and Jacob Boll, Corey and Cobey Bienert and Enoch Kim.

Out of the Dark
Featuring RΓ³sa Thorsteinsdottir and Eva Maria JΓ³nssdottir from The Arni Magnussen Institute
Produced by Rikke Houd

Nativity
Featuring Scottee
Produced by Alia Cassam

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (Reprise)
Featuring Seymour and Stuart Sarnoff
Produced by Alex Lewis

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Christmas Eve 2019 23:00

More episodes

Next

Coming soon

See all episodes from Short Cuts

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 2019 23:00

How to tell a story

How to tell a story

Start with a hook and include a twist. Watch Josie Long's guide to great storytelling.

Short Cuts Animations

The weird and wonderful world of Short Cuts animations

Podcast