DocArchive: Samoza Sandinista and Beyond
Nicaragua was ruled for four decades by the Somoza dynasty. This is the story of how the people overthrew an oppressive regime in 1979 - and what happened next. (First broadcast 1983)See omnystudio.co...
29 Jun 200944min
DocArchive: The Presidency and the Presidents
Oct 2011, the 9th President of Ireland will take office. In this documentary, we travel back 52yrs to the day that Eamon De Valera was inaugurated as the 3rd President of Ireland. This is the story of...
29 Jun 200944min
DocArchive: Like Flies to a Light - FBD Milk Rás
Covering 1247 kilometers over 8 stages, the Irish FBD Milk Rás, now in it's 59th year, is one of the longest amateur stage races held annually in the world. In 1996, Roy Willoughby tracked the race as...
28 Jun 200942min
DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland – Americans
The Vietnam War caused great upheaval in America in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Bill Warren wished to avoid the draft into the defence forces, so he decided to leave with his wife Patricia and moved to Ire...
28 Jun 200942min
DocArchive: In Fond Memory
May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, whilst on a visit to the Islandbridge War Memorial Gardens, bows her head to honour the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in WW1. Opened in 1988, this is the story of the ga...
27 Jun 200941min
DocArchive: Who's a Pretty Boy Then?
From pigeons to hens, we meet the people whose passion in life is keeping birds (first broadcast 1982)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
27 Jun 200944min
DocArchive: Ithaca
A documentary about the island of Ithaca in myth and reality. Ithaca is an island located in the Ionian Sea, Greece, with an area of 45 sq. miles and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. (Br...
26 Jun 200940min
DocArchive: On the street
An impression of street life in one area of Paris from the award winning documentary maker Kaye Mortley. (Broadcast 2004)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
26 Jun 200941min
