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Documentary on One Podcast

Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, ‘Runaway Joe’, ‘Finding Samantha’, ‘Tiger Roll’, ‘GunPlot’ and ‘The Nobody Zone’. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.

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DocArchive (1994): To Somalia and Back Mar 10, 2009

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In the early 1990’s, vicious inter-clan fighting in Somalia led to the deaths of 30,000 Somalis, in addition to an estimated 200,000 who died as a result of famine. This is the story of the Irish soldiers in the midst of the deadly Somalian crisis. (First Broadcast 1994)

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DocArchive: Factory Lives - The Price of Leather Mar 09, 2009

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Peter Woods tells of the closure of the Rawson’s Boot Factory in Dundalk in the 1960s. (Broadcast 2004)

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DocArchive: Irish Brent Goose Expedition Mar 09, 2009

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Every October, 90% of the entire world population of Brent Geese fly into Dublin Bay on their annual migration. In this documentary, we follow them on their 4,000km journey from Bathurst Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to Dublin (Broadcast 1985)

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DocArchive: Far Cry Mar 09, 2009

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Mary Benson was a South African writer and antiapartheid activist. She rejected her privileged upbringing as a white in South Africa to campaign against her country’s racial policies and lived in voluntary exile in London from the 1960s (Broadcast 1991)

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DocArchive: It happens silently in the night Mar 09, 2009

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It took Ireland generations to fully open up to the sexual abuse of children within the state. Before the lid was blown open on this area in the late 1990s, this documentary made ten years earlier paints the full circle of child sex abuse (Broadcast 1991)

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DocArchive: Headwaters - Cruising on the Shannon Mar 08, 2009

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The Shannon is Ireland's longest river. This documentary takes a relaxing and beautiful cruise on the upper Shannon, from Carrick on Shannon through to Knockivar lock to the Islands of Lough Key in Co. Roscommon. All aboard! (Broadcast 1991)

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DocArchive: Out of the dark Mar 08, 2009

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The value of education in prisons is often debated worldwide. Made over 25 years ago, this is the story of education in Irish prisons, from both the educators and from the prisoners themselves. Education can be the key to rehabilitation (Broadcast 1985)

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DocArchive (2004): Closing the Gaiety in Carrick On Shannon Mar 08, 2009

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The story of the final night at the Gaiety Cinema in Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The cinema fell on hard times and closed in 2004 after more than 70 years business. This documentary relives the history and romance of watching a film on the single screen cinema throughout the years. (First Broadcast 2004)

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DocArchive: Old Yellow Gloves Mar 08, 2009

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Raymond Chandler was an Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter who had an huge stylistic influence upon the modern day private detective story. His main fictional character, Philip Marlowe, is considered the 'perfect' private detective (Broadcast 1991)

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DocArchive: Sunlight in the Garden Mar 07, 2009

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Louis MacNeice CBE (1907–'63), an Irish poet and playwright, was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden. His work recieved wide public praise during his lifetime due to his relaxed, but socially aware style (Broadcast 1973)

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