In the first programme of this series of Short Cuts, Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries which peel back the curtain, peer into the darkness and look out at those who are watching us.By turns delightful and unsettling, today's audio adventures include the secret games teachers play when they're invigilating exams, a photographer whose ambition is to capture 'still lives' of people unawares in their homes at night, and a glimpse of the devices you can buy to spy on those supposedly close to you.The items featured in the programme are:Someone to Watch Over Me
Produced by Sara ParkerStand by Me
Produced by Benjamin PartridgeI Was Bruce Lee
Produced by Leo HornakCracking the Love Code
Produced by Bob CarlsonAll Eyes on Us
Produced by Steve UrquhartShe Sees Your Every Move
Produced by Jonathan MitchellProduced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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Taking Flight
Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries in which people hurl themselves into the air with the hope of taking flight.We glide through the air, fall into the sea and explore grand leaps of the imagination, which cross the border between dreaming and reality.From comedian Holly Walsh's tale of hurtling off the edge of a pier in a handmade helicopter, through to the story of a trapeze artist balancing on the edge of falling as he casts himself upwards.The items featured in the programme are:The Fall
Featuring Charlie MorleySky Boy
Produced by Hana Walker-BrownFalling for Rambo
Featuring Holly Walsh
Produced by Benjamin PartridgeThe Dreamers
Featuring Charlie MorleyLooking Up
Originally broadcast in 'Space' from Radiolab
http://www.radiolab.orgProduced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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Split
Josie Long presents a series of delightful and adventurous short documentaries, brief encounters, true stories and found sound.We examine rips in the fabric of the universe as Josie Long delves into stories of splits, divisions and tears. From broken hearts to divided personalities.We hear from a woman who was so tired of being in two minds that she surrendered all of her decision making to a piece of string, a mimic who taught herself how to assume alternate personalities and we recover from heartbreak using the 'Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline'.The items featured in the programme are:Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline
Originally broadcast in WireTap
http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/String
Produced by Natalie Kestecher
The full version of this story can be found here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/string/4010328Split Voices
Produced by Sarah CuddonOther Halves
Produced by Dennis FunkProduced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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Lines of Communication
Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries about communication - messages that could break your heart, rescue you from a fight or save you from a long stay in jail.The writer Glenn Patterson explains why sometimes we should ignore the writing on the wall, and musician Tom Robinson describes the unlikely message he sent at a time when he was in a lot of trouble.Stories of last words, lost love and lights being knocked out.The items featured in the programme are:Guess Who
Found sound from the collection of Mark Vernon
http://www.meagreresource.com/L'Esprit De L'Escalier
Produced by Hana Walker-BrownYanto
Featuring Glenn Patterson
Produced by Rachel HooperMessage from Above
Featuring Tom Robinson
Produced by Alan HallDear Sophie
Produced by Sara ParkerConversations with Nic
Featuring Esther BakerProduced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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Lost and Found
Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries with stories of loss and discovery.From being lost in the music to lost love - Josie delves into tales of forgotten cassette tapes, voices rediscovered and teenage rebellion.Hide and Seek
Feat. Steve ColganLost in Music
Produced by Steve UrquhartI am Luther Blissett
Produced by Rosanna ArbonFluctuations
Produced by Phil SmithLost Voices
Feat. Jude RogersLooking for Layla
Produced by Hana Walker-BrownProducer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.
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