Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland

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The 'Documentary on One' unit is currently the most successful radio documentary unit in the world - having collected over 40 national and international awards in less than the last 3 years. We are also the single most successful programme strand in the history of Irish broadcasting, TV and/or Radio. Together with our sister series 'The Curious Ear', we offer 1hr of documentary programming on RTE Radio 1 each and every week. We tell radio stories about real life. We're all about ideas, life, events, experiences, perspectives but most importantly - stories. Our fare is pretty eclectic and covers a diverse range of topics including life, sport, music, fun, family, health, politics, challenge, death and much much more. The Documentary on One and Curious Ear explore mostly Irish stories about mostly Irish people and events. Our ethos as public service broadcasters is to ensure as many people as possible get to hear our work.

Series

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1 Piece

Documentaries from Ireland's national radio service, RTE


Pieces

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A wonderful tale of good farming, good radio and a voice from the past. Radio producer Tim Lehane found an old tape in his attic. It was the favour...

Bought by KMUN, KRZA, KPIK-LP, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 5
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Lydia Foy was born in 1947 and registered as a baby boy. When she realised her true identity, as a woman, she discovered something missing - a birt...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 36:53
  • Purchases: 2
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A beautiful story of adoption from rural East Cork - two children from Guatemala, an English mother and an Italian father.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 38:39
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The woman who became a man so she could become a doctor.

Bought by KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 3
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A man fulfills a promise to his 13-year old self by visiting the place his grandfather died, Blackrock island, Co.Mayo.

Bought by KMUN and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 2
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Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who wa...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 40:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing ind...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 39:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Two tales. One of a flamboyant funeral and the other of a train passenger who eavesdrops...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 11:21
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of the unique bond between a father and son - Danny and Connor Hughes in County Louth who run two shops side by side...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 33:05