Falling Tree

Falling Tree
  • 5.0 (10)
  • Documentary
  • Updated weekly

Documentaries that invite a closer listen, from the archives of Falling Tree.

Episodes

  1. 4 days ago

    The Ballad of the Radio Feature

    A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature, a hybrid form which can sometimes appear closer to music or poetry than to news reporting. The Ballad of the Radio Feature was originally produced by Alan Hall for BBC Radio 4 in 2008 The Falling Tree podcast is produced by Alan... View Article

  2. 14 Oct

    County Lines

    Four people describe their involvement with ‘county lines’ – gangs that exploit children and vulnerable adults to sell drugs around the UK. County Lines was originally produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard in 2023 for Lights Out on BBC Radio 4 The Falling Tree podcast is produced by Alan Hall and Eleanor McDowall. The... View Article

  3. 7 Oct

    The Sound of Sport

    What do you hear when you watch sport? Dennis Baxter, the sound designer of the 2012 London Olympics, guides you through the sonic worlds of sports broadcasting. The Sound of Sport was originally produced by Peregrine Andrews in 2011 for BBC Radio 4 The Falling Tree podcast is produced by Alan Hall and Eleanor McDowall.... View Article

  4. 30 Sept

    House of Dreams

    Step inside the House of Dreams… a ‘life project’ by the artist Stephen Wright who has spent years transforming every inch of the house he lives in into a work of art reverberating with love, dreams, fantasies and past lives. House of Dreams was originally produced by Eleanor McDowall in 2019 for BBC Radio 4... View Article

  5. 23 Sept

    Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel

    In the middle of one of the busiest cities in the world, the city of lights and dreams and distractions, a man sits down and tries to meditate. Learning to meditate is hard. Emptying your mind, focusing entirely on your breath is hard. And it gets even harder when you realise you’re sitting next to... View Article

  6. Season 1 Trailer

    Introducing: Falling Tree

    Welcome to the Falling Tree podcast. Every Wednesday we share a different documentary from our archives. Listen to innovative docs, radio features and artful audio from some of the producers we’ve been lucky enough to work with over the last three decades. Falling Tree is produced by Alan Hall and Eleanor McDowall. The music was... View Article

    Introducing: Falling Tree
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Documentaries that invite a closer listen, from the archives of Falling Tree.

Information

  • Creator
    Falling Tree
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Falling Tree
  • Show Website
    Falling Tree

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