Documentary on One Podcast

This award winning documentary tells the story of a sister and family who grow up with an intellectually disabled brother. This is an intimate and beautiful window into one families love for each othe...

3 Jan 200942min

In 1975 Kieran Sheedy and Dick Warner headed off to discover the sport of coarse fishing. For those not in the know coarse fishing is river or freshwater fishing for species such as pike, bream and pe...

3 Jan 200939min

Last Christmas Eve Santa Claus was delivering presents around the world. Blitzen got badly injured after a rough landing in Scotland. Luckily the other reindeer made sure Santa made it to Ireland. Uns...

3 Jan 200943min

Irish whiskey was one of the earliest distilled alcohol drinks in Europe, arising around the 12th century. Irish whiskey comes in several forms; grain, blended, single malt, pure pot still. An investi...

2 Jan 200938min

The story of migrant workers from North Mayo and their travel to Scotland to pick potatoes during the 20th century. We hear about the history and tragic deaths of some of the immigrants. It had been p...

2 Jan 200941min

Irish road bowling is an ancient sport. It's centered in Ireland - in Co Armagh and Co Cork. The game is played by throwing an 800 gram bowl or "bullet" along a country road course, up to 4 km long, a...

2 Jan 200943min

With over 110 million sheep, Australia is one of the most sheep-populated countries in the world. But what is life like carrying out the biggest job in the sheep calendar? Here, sheep shearers are giv...

2 Jan 200942min

The Matt Talbot Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin city centre. It links Custom House Quay on the north bank of the river to City Quay on the south bank, and was completed in ...

1 Jan 200942min