RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One
The main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1 and the largest arena for radio documentaries in Ireland.
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DocArchive: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1985)
A fly on the wall account that follows a weekend ...
A fly on the wall account that follows a weekend shift of a crew of The Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service (Broadcast 1985).
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DocArchive: Irelands Polar Stars
Joe Duffy recalls the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton from ...
Joe Duffy recalls the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton from Kildare and Tom Crean from Kerry, and talks to their relatives, friends and admirers, and those re-creating their Odyssey (First Broadcast 1996)
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DocArchive: Messing About on the River
The Shannon – Ireland’s largest river is the centre of ...
The Shannon – Ireland’s largest river is the centre of booming boating holiday industry which attracts thousands of tourists who get the opportunity to chart their way through the waterways on a break they will never to forget. (Broadcast 1980)
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DocArchive:A Strange Blessing
The joy that heralds the arrival of a Hijra is ...
The joy that heralds the arrival of a Hijra is a regular part of India's special occasions. The sight of their masculine features wrapped in a female sari surprises many. Even more surprising is that homosexuality is still illegal in India. (2005)
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DocArchive: The Burning of Ennistymon
A look at the ambush of the County Clare town ...
A look at the ambush of the County Clare town of Ennistymon in September 1920. (Broadcast 1985)
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DocArchive: One Man's Century
Dubliner Alf McKenzie was born in 1897 and offers a ...
Dubliner Alf McKenzie was born in 1897 and offers a unique perspective on the 21st century. It’s a life that takes in the 1916 rising, depression era Chicago, the Blitz in London and India under British rule. (Broadcast 1980)
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DocArchive: Ireland takes Wing - 21 years of Aer Lingus
As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th birthday in May 2011, ...
As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th birthday in May 2011, we travel back 54yrs to hear a story which told of its more youthful 21st birthday! Different times, a different era, different planes and different challenges but the same Aer Lingus (Broadcast 1957)
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The Curious Ear (2009): Falling Slowly Is Banned
Every Saturday afternoon, Dublin teenagers crowd into the back room ...
Every Saturday afternoon, Dublin teenagers crowd into the back room of Walton's music shop in Georges Street, Dublin to play the musical instruments. However, staff in the shop are so fed up listening to the song Falling Slowly that they have banned customers from playing the song while trying out the instruments. (First Broadcast 2009)
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DocArchive: After Redundancy (Broadcast 1985)
A insight into the effects of unemployment in the town ...
A insight into the effects of unemployment in the town of Cobh back in 1985.
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DocArchive: Tour of Duty
The British government sent army troops into Northern Ireland during ...
The British government sent army troops into Northern Ireland during the summer of 1969. Eleven years on - this documentary talks to disenchanted British soldiers stationed in Derry on their ‘Tour of Duty’. (Broadcast 1980)
