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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Marge: cleaning, cancer and Dolly Parton
A woman's unexpected gift from cancer: Marge was obsessed with ...
A woman's unexpected gift from cancer: Marge was obsessed with cleaning and tidying. That all changed in 1985 when she discovered a lump on her breast. A double mastectomy and implants followed. Slowly, she realised cancer had given her a new life.
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Thank you for having me (but I think you've been had)
The brilliant hoaxer Campbell McComas and his 'career' as a ...
The brilliant hoaxer Campbell McComas and his 'career' as a bogus after-dinner speaker. He created almost 2,000 fake characters that shocked and tickled Australia for years. From ABC Radio's "Radio Eye" series.
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Picking No.11 at the Prince of Wales Hotel
What happens at a Gramaphone Society meeting? In 2007, the ...
What happens at a Gramaphone Society meeting? In 2007, the Athlone Gramaphone Society met every Tuesday evening. They played music for each other but also, turned out to be a pretty interesting bunch of people.
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Míne Bean Uí Chribín - My Granny
One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to ...
One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to hit the Irish airwaves in recent decades, who died lately. Even those who clashed with her had a grudging admiration for her tenacity. (Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.)
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A Forty Second Street Story
The shortest podcast we've ever published. Yet, it's full of ...
The shortest podcast we've ever published. Yet, it's full of character, tension and sound - just the kind of thing you're looking for in every full-length documentary. Sadly, we don't know the date or who the little girls are. (Irish audio - RTE Radio)
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Sex, flights and videotapes.
How Ambrose Gordon - a man who claims to have ...
How Ambrose Gordon - a man who claims to have more girlfriends than Rod Stewart ran a profitable but illegal pirating business in London during the eighties. The videos were of the GAA Show 'The Sunday Game.'
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Donegal Football Sound Story
Donegal are in the GAA All-Ireland Football Final. Sound recordist, ...
Donegal are in the GAA All-Ireland Football Final. Sound recordist, Guillaume Beauron, who lives in the county, has made an homage in sound to Donegal football - recordings made at a local club game. (Short Irish audio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland).
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A Backwards Glance at The Ballroom of Romance
A teenage obsession with an Irish TV movie that just ...
A teenage obsession with an Irish TV movie that just won't go away. Éamon Little and Eugene O'Brien mark the 30th. anniversary of the RTE/BBC production, that coined the phrase, 'Will you come into the field, Bridie?' (Irish audio documentary-RTE Ireland)
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Meggers
It could be an insult or a term of endearment; ...
It could be an insult or a term of endearment; it actually means, 'horseshoe-pitching'. Terry Flanagan is at a league final in Knockananna, Co.Wicklow and discovers it's as much about 'grub' and 'genuine boys'. (Short audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland)
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Fighting on all Fronts
Last April 42yr old Cathy Durkin went public to campaign ...
Last April 42yr old Cathy Durkin went public to campaign for access to the cancer drug Ipilimumab or 'Ippy' - This documentary tracks Cathy's life from then until the end of her life.
