The Reveal

BBC Radio Scotland
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Nalini Chetty takes a mischievous peek into unusual and intriguing lives.

Episodes

  1. 04/10/2022

    Hidden Depths

    Nalini Chetty invites you into the extraordinary world of Saturation Diving, where the divers are artificially kept at a pressure resembling that of the seabed. Lloyd Blyth shows you around his compression chamber which is situated in the belly of the ship. He shares it with two other divers for up to 28 days at a time - they're kept at a working depth of up to 200m. It means they can make as many trips down to the seabed as they need to without the risk of decompression complications.

    29 min

  2. 04/03/2022

    Gem Of A Job

    Dr Maria Maclennan has been fascinated by jewellery her entire life and now she is the world's first dedicated forensic jeweller. She uses jewellery and personal artefacts found at crime scenes and on the bodies of disaster victims to help solve cases and identify people. Her work takes her around the world to mass fatality sites, where she works with teams of forensic professionals to help bring peace to grieving loved ones. Nalini takes us into her work station in Edinburgh College of Art where most of her research is carried out. Here we explore the project she is currently working on in Greece to identify migrant people who lost their lives trying to cross the border.

    28 min

  3. 03/27/2022

    Not So Timorous Beasties

    Join Nalini Chetty as she gives you access to the formerly unknown world of Edinburgh's pest controllers. Vikki and Brian, together for over 20 years, set up Tae A moose five years ago and haven't stopped working since. Rats are a big issues in the capital, but squirrels and mice are quickly out ranking them as most persistent rodent. This episode of The Reveal takes us into the attics and cellars of helpless customers who'd be lost without the expertise of Brian. He was in the army for two decades, where lying in ditches and trenches means he's unphased by not so timorous beasties.

    28 min

  4. 03/20/2022

    Finding Your Feet

    When Paul Johnson was 20 he had to have both of his legs amputated above the knee after a freak accident. He struggled with depression and lack of confidence in the early days, but a combination of factors helped him finally start to live life again. A charity called Finding Your Feet offered emotional support and guidance, while using prosthetics finally became an option and Paul started to walk again. In this episode of The Reveal, Nalini gives us a peek into his extraordinary life and the twists and turns that make it so unique.

    28 min

  5. 03/13/2022

    Caring for the Dead

    Nalini Chetty reveals what inspires two young Scots to strive for perfection in their chosen career of embalming.

    30 min

  6. 03/06/2022

    What Lurks Beneath

    Nalini Chetty holds her nose to reveal some of the horrors brought up from below by a Highland sewage response team.

    29 min

  7. 02/27/2022

    Never Work with Animals...

    Narrator Nalini Chetty invites you behind the scenes of a TV set to meet the animals who act and the woman who makes it happen. Animal wrangler Bozena Bienkowska lives on a 100 acre farm just outside Glasgow with some 200 creatures of varying shapes and sizes. A sinister raven, a gentle wolf and a ridden ox are but a few. Bozena reveals the techniques she uses to make her animals stay calm whilst on set with actors including Damien Lewis and Vinnie Jones. Producers: Liza Greig and Leeanne Coyle

    28 min

  8. 02/20/2022

    Fight Night

    Clare and Laura have been best friends since they went to high school in Paisley. Their love of wrestling forged them together. Now, as adults, they've taken on the alter egos of Maven and Raven Struthers of the Fierce Female Dojo – Scotland’s only all-female wrestling club. Nalini Chetty reveals the drama of the run up to their first big fight night where they’ll find out what competition is out there. Producers: Liza Greig and Leeanne Coyle

    29 min

  9. 02/16/2022

    The Reveal – Coming Soon

    The Reveal lifts the veil on hidden aspects of contemporary Scottish life. Vibrant and diverse, it will provide a peek through the window into the country’s lesser known parallel worlds, guided each week by an expert insider and narrated by Nalini Chetty.

    4 min
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Nalini Chetty takes a mischievous peek into unusual and intriguing lives.

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  • Creator
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (C) BBC 2022
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