Documentary on One (Documentary)
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- Host: Liam O'Brien, Ciaran Cassidy
- The Documentary On One is the main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1. Running at forty-five minutes every Wednesday evening just after 8pm, it is the biggest arena on RTÉ Radio 1 to which listeners can tune to hear documentary work by RTÉ and independent producers. The fare is eclectic and varies greatly from week to week: human interest stories, issues, ideas, historical events, biography, music and literature - to name but a few - all find their home in The Documentary On One slot. In fact, the slot reflects the full spectrum of modern preoccupations and interests.
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- Genres: Documentary
- Location: Donnybrook, Ireland
- Language: English
- Networks: RTE Ireland
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DocArchive: On the Earth Below
Mon, Dec 7
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A radio documentary on the life of Irish folk singer songwriter Liam Weldon, presented and produced by Julian Vignoles (Broadcast 1994)
DocArchive: A Butcher's Tale
Mon, Dec 7
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A radio documentary telling the story of the changing world of Eugene Kierans, Master Butcher (Broadcast 1989)
Beethoven and Me
Tue, Dec 1
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What happens when a professional musician begins to lose her hearing? This is what happened to Elizabeth Petcu, who was a flautist in the RTE Concert Orchestra for more than 25 years.
DocArchive: Satellite to Nenagh
Mon, Nov 30
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In this radio documentary, Ronan Kelly takes us behind the scenes of RT's coverage of the 1992 General Election. (Broadcast 1994)
DocArchive: Shame on the Titanic
Mon, Nov 30
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A dramatised radio documentary on Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic who found refuge in Connemara. (Broadcast 1987)
DocArchive: Sonny's Story
Mon, Nov 30
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Radio documentary on songwriter and musician Sonny Condell. Presented by Dave Fanning, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1982)
DocArchive: No Meadows in Manhattan
Mon, Nov 30
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A short story by the writer Brian Leyden is the inspiration for a radio documentary of rural decline, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1991)
8 Years On
Wed, Nov 25
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The story of a mother and son reunited after a life seperated by drug addiction. Lynda Barton was born into 1960's Ballymun in Dublin, tried drugs at 13 and soon after had 2 babies. Here, her son Chris tracks her life and recovery and the impact of it all
Pat's University Challenge
Fri, Nov 20
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20 years after it became a fully fledged university in 1989, Pat O'Mahony returns to his old alma mater, Dublin City University. Living on campus for Freshers Week, Pat finds out how the place has changed since his student days in the mid-1980s.
Pat's University Challenge
Tue, Nov 17
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20 years after it became a fully fledged university in 1989, Pat O'Mahony returns to his old alma mater, Dublin City University. Living on campus for Freshers Week, Pat finds out how the place has changed since his student days in the mid-1980s.
Nivita
Wed, Nov 11
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The story of Nivita, the all-girl band from Cork whose three members Niamh, Anita and Carmel and a twenty-month baby girl Emma were killed in a tragic car accident in October 1999.
Pieces Of The Wall
Fri, Nov 6
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Twenty years after the extraordinary event of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Martin Duffy, an Irish writer and film-maker living in Berlin, meets Irish people who have been living in West Berlin since its days as a walled-in city.
Mighty Mac - Prix Europa Winner 2009
Wed, Oct 28
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This documentary has just won a coveted Prix Europa - voted as Best Radio Documentary in Europe for 2009. Mighty Mac tells the story of Limerick man, Ger Mac Namara, master upholsterer and world champion power lifter, as he embarks on two challenges.
The Starry Frame
Wed, Oct 21
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The story of one farming family, the Irwins, from Co. Tyrone, who were part of the great Irish diaspora left behind during the emigration of the mid 19th century.
DocArchive: A Mass of Difference
Fri, Oct 16
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A documentary on the religious community of Taize in the south of Burgundy, France.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Thu, Oct 15
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A documentary about the founding of a Carmelite convent in Nairobi, Kenya.
Vietnam - A Country Not a War
Thu, Oct 15
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A personal perspective on the war and the country today.
Not Just Spare Parts
Thu, Oct 15
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A docuementary about the scandal concerning the disposal of deceased children's organs in Irish hospitals.
Under The Wing Of
Thu, Oct 15
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Kaye Mortley, an Australian long-time resident of France, looks at love and lonliness in the city of Quasimodo.
From Galway to Graceland
Wed, Oct 14
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A documentary about Graceland, birth place of Elvis Presley and those who visit it.
DocArchive: Deadly Hopscotch
Wed, Oct 14
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How random street violence blights and destroys young lives.
DocArchive: I Love You Love Lonely Hearts Club
Wed, Oct 14
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What lonely hearts clubs are about...
DocArchive: The Internationalists
Wed, Oct 14
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In the 1980s a significant number of Irish people, students, workers and unemployed, went to Nicaragua to assist the Sandista revolutionary effort.
DocArchive: Freefalling Funny Man
Wed, Oct 14
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One man's attempt to make it in the world of stand up comedy.
DocArchive: Dear Old Daddy
Wed, Oct 14
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A documentary about Lord Haw Haw's (William Joyce) Galway connections.
Come Back to Afghanistan
Wed, Oct 14
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The story of a young boys return to his native Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban'.
Unlaced: A Passion for Shoes
Wed, Oct 14
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The desire for beautiful shoes and the place of the shoe in our lives and imaginations.
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