Falling Tree Productions
@fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
We make documentaries and audio art for radio, podcasts and public spaces.
Our free archive of more than 900 documentaries is available at -
www.fallingtree.co.uk
Our free archive of more than 900 documentaries is available at -
www.fallingtree.co.uk
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At the heart of what we do remains a belief in radio's imaginative possibilities - audio that can reconfigure the world around us & sink into our dreams.
Dip into our archive of nearly 900 audio docs here www.fallingtree.co.uk/our-archive/
Dip into our archive of nearly 900 audio docs here www.fallingtree.co.uk/our-archive/
Congratulations to @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social @redzi.bsky.social, Alan Hall and @mikemixes.bsky.social for winning this year's @savethechildren.org Radio and Podcasts award for BBC Radio 4's County Lines! www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...
Save the Children announces winners of Global Media Awards 2025
LONDON/GENEVA 20 November – Save the Children is proud to announce the winners of its second annual Global Media Awards 2025 on World Children’s Day, celebrating excellence in journalism focused on ch...
www.savethechildren.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations to @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social @redzi.bsky.social, Alan Hall and @mikemixes.bsky.social for winning this year's @savethechildren.org Radio and Podcasts award for BBC Radio 4's County Lines! www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...
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I expected this podcast festival to feel like a funeral, but it was surprisingly optimistic. Once you hit rock bottom, you can only really go up.
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The Bad News Is There’s No More Money, But That’s Also The Good News | Defector
RICHMOND, VA – The audience was booing Ira Glass. It was the opening session of Resonate, a podcast festival founded three years ago by Chioke l’Anson at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Institute ...
defector.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I expected this podcast festival to feel like a funeral, but it was surprisingly optimistic. Once you hit rock bottom, you can only really go up.
defector.com/resonate-pod...
defector.com/resonate-pod...
Today we went to the St Martin-in-the-Fields vigil to remember George Crompton, one of the 208 people experiencing homelessness who died in the last year in London.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today we went to the St Martin-in-the-Fields vigil to remember George Crompton, one of the 208 people experiencing homelessness who died in the last year in London.
"Being poets, they were able to explain what creativity and creative silence feel like in ways that lingered on the ears, not least because many of their metaphors and similes sprang from the radio..."
When the Words Leave is reviewed in today's Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...
When the Words Leave is reviewed in today's Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...
Was Queen Victoria's doctor the first psychoanalyst?
Queen Victoria began to experience dark visions after giving birth to her second child. Concerned that she might have inherited the madness of her grandfather, George III, Prince Albert summoned her d...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Being poets, they were able to explain what creativity and creative silence feel like in ways that lingered on the ears, not least because many of their metaphors and similes sprang from the radio..."
When the Words Leave is reviewed in today's Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...
When the Words Leave is reviewed in today's Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...
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I listened and it was beautiful! @carolinebirduk.bsky.social 😍
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I listened and it was beautiful! @carolinebirduk.bsky.social 😍
Love this @rachaelhealy.bsky.social feature on Problems with Julia Masli for @theobserveruk.bsky.social
You can still catch up with Julia Masli and @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social' documentary in BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast... observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
You can still catch up with Julia Masli and @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social' documentary in BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast... observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
No laughing matter: meet Julia Masli, the clown who wants to fix all our problems | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Love this @rachaelhealy.bsky.social feature on Problems with Julia Masli for @theobserveruk.bsky.social
You can still catch up with Julia Masli and @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social' documentary in BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast... observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
You can still catch up with Julia Masli and @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social' documentary in BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast... observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Catching up - this looks great!
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Catching up - this looks great!
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This was an excellent listen.
In the company of other poets, @carolinebirduk.bsky.social explores the silences when it feels like words have left you.
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This was an excellent listen.
In the company of other poets, @carolinebirduk.bsky.social explores the silences when it feels like words have left you.
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the company of other poets, @carolinebirduk.bsky.social explores the silences when it feels like words have left you.
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
Listen to When the Words Leave on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@oliverinthenorth.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social
Music - Phil Smith
Prod - Eleanor McDowall
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Was a pleasure to talk to Caroline Bird about how it feels when the words leave.
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Was a pleasure to talk to Caroline Bird about how it feels when the words leave.
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Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"It’s funny, performance art. But she carries it off with a kind of dizzy magic"
Great to see another review of the "enchanting" Problems with Julia Masli in this week's @irishnews.com
cc @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social
Listen on BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
Great to see another review of the "enchanting" Problems with Julia Masli in this week's @irishnews.com
cc @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social
Listen on BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
Radio review: Telling all your problems to a clown
Armed with a microphone strapped to a mannequin’s leg, Julia Masli tries to help solve people’s problems
www.irishnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"It’s funny, performance art. But she carries it off with a kind of dizzy magic"
Great to see another review of the "enchanting" Problems with Julia Masli in this week's @irishnews.com
cc @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social
Listen on BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
Great to see another review of the "enchanting" Problems with Julia Masli in this week's @irishnews.com
cc @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social
Listen on BBC Radio 4's Illuminated podcast www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
In this week’s Between the Ears, saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen travels to Sápmi, to Ohcejohka (Utsjoki), to visit his friend, writer–musician Niillas Holmberg.
The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the Sámi bridge, and make music with birds… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the Sámi bridge, and make music with birds… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In this week’s Between the Ears, saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen travels to Sápmi, to Ohcejohka (Utsjoki), to visit his friend, writer–musician Niillas Holmberg.
The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the Sámi bridge, and make music with birds… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the Sámi bridge, and make music with birds… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
"My favourite listen last week... strange and funny... The soundwork, by the brilliant @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social, is fantastic..."
Wonderful to see this @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social review of Problems with Julia Masli in this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social! observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Wonderful to see this @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social review of Problems with Julia Masli in this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social! observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
The return of Danny Robins’s supernatural series Uncanny
Listeners tell their spooky stories in this Halloween special, but many shouldn’t have got past a drunken chat. Plus, Keir Starmer’s musical choices fail...
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"My favourite listen last week... strange and funny... The soundwork, by the brilliant @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social, is fantastic..."
Wonderful to see this @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social review of Problems with Julia Masli in this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social! observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Wonderful to see this @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social review of Problems with Julia Masli in this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social! observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Listen to The Last Cowboys on The Documentary podcast from the BBC World Service - a long-haul view of the life of modern truckers in Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Listen to The Last Cowboys on The Documentary podcast from the BBC World Service - a long-haul view of the life of modern truckers in Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
There are so many problems in the world. For the past 3 years, Estonian clown Julia Masli - armed with a microphone taped to a mannequin leg - has been trying to solve them.
Listen to Problems with Julia Masli on Radio 4 at 7.15pm or later on the Illuminated podcast
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to Problems with Julia Masli on Radio 4 at 7.15pm or later on the Illuminated podcast
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
October 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are so many problems in the world. For the past 3 years, Estonian clown Julia Masli - armed with a microphone taped to a mannequin leg - has been trying to solve them.
Listen to Problems with Julia Masli on Radio 4 at 7.15pm or later on the Illuminated podcast
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to Problems with Julia Masli on Radio 4 at 7.15pm or later on the Illuminated podcast
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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FREE PODCASTING EVENT IN NYC NOV 12
I'm looking forward to speaking with @brihreed.bsky.social @yoweishaw.bsky.social and @evrat.bsky.social about what it really takes to run an independent narrative podcast.
RSVP here: www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-t...
I'm looking forward to speaking with @brihreed.bsky.social @yoweishaw.bsky.social and @evrat.bsky.social about what it really takes to run an independent narrative podcast.
RSVP here: www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-t...
How to Run an Indie Podcast - Newmark J-School
Want to learn what it really takes to run a successful independent narrative podcast in the post-boom era of podcasting? Join Newmark J-Schools Audio Journalism program for a candid discussion about i...
www.journalism.cuny.edu
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
FREE PODCASTING EVENT IN NYC NOV 12
I'm looking forward to speaking with @brihreed.bsky.social @yoweishaw.bsky.social and @evrat.bsky.social about what it really takes to run an independent narrative podcast.
RSVP here: www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-t...
I'm looking forward to speaking with @brihreed.bsky.social @yoweishaw.bsky.social and @evrat.bsky.social about what it really takes to run an independent narrative podcast.
RSVP here: www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-t...
Delighted to see @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social and @redzi.bsky.social’s BBC Radio 4 series County Lines nominated for this year’s British Journalism Awards!
Listen to the series here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Listen to the series here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Delighted to see @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social and @redzi.bsky.social’s BBC Radio 4 series County Lines nominated for this year’s British Journalism Awards!
Listen to the series here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Listen to the series here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
We’re so happy to see County Lines, @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social and @redzi.bsky.social getting well-deserved awards recognition this week!
Firstly from @savethechildren.org’s Global Media Awards - www.savethechildren.net/news/save-ch...
Firstly from @savethechildren.org’s Global Media Awards - www.savethechildren.net/news/save-ch...
Save the Children announces finalists of the Global Media Awards 2025
The four award categories aim to showcase the power of journalism to drive awareness, inspire action, and spark positive change for children everywhere.
www.savethechildren.net
October 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We’re so happy to see County Lines, @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social and @redzi.bsky.social getting well-deserved awards recognition this week!
Firstly from @savethechildren.org’s Global Media Awards - www.savethechildren.net/news/save-ch...
Firstly from @savethechildren.org’s Global Media Awards - www.savethechildren.net/news/save-ch...
@katlister.bsky.social Might you be open to taking part in a BBC radio series we make about musical instruments? Can I tell you more? A. Info@fallingtree.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@katlister.bsky.social Might you be open to taking part in a BBC radio series we make about musical instruments? Can I tell you more? A. Info@fallingtree.co.uk
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Posting one unique, inspiring or experimental sound piece a day
Day 25: How to Remember by Axel Kacoutié
A poetic, immersive meditation on identity, memory, and belonging
🥇 2022 Third Coast Audio Festival
#SonicWonders #audiosky
🔗 www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/how-...
Day 25: How to Remember by Axel Kacoutié
A poetic, immersive meditation on identity, memory, and belonging
🥇 2022 Third Coast Audio Festival
#SonicWonders #audiosky
🔗 www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/how-...
How to Remember
Sound-rich audio stories from around the world, galore!
www.thirdcoastfestival.org
May 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Posting one unique, inspiring or experimental sound piece a day
Day 25: How to Remember by Axel Kacoutié
A poetic, immersive meditation on identity, memory, and belonging
🥇 2022 Third Coast Audio Festival
#SonicWonders #audiosky
🔗 www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/how-...
Day 25: How to Remember by Axel Kacoutié
A poetic, immersive meditation on identity, memory, and belonging
🥇 2022 Third Coast Audio Festival
#SonicWonders #audiosky
🔗 www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/how-...
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Posting one unique, inspiring or experimental sound piece when I can
The Night Sky from Lights Out
Elder activists reflect on protest, purpose and perseverance. A moving piece about ageing, hope, and the fight for change
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Night Sky from Lights Out
Elder activists reflect on protest, purpose and perseverance. A moving piece about ageing, hope, and the fight for change
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Lights Out - Series 5 - The Night Sky - BBC Sounds
Three activists in their 70s reflect on keeping going, hope and despair.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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sound fields, a journal about the art + practice of documentary audio that i make w/ many brilliant folks just launched its second issue. The subject: archives. i wrote something for it about how to save the truth, we must all become archivists for the future: www.soundfields.org/02-letter-fr...
September 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
sound fields, a journal about the art + practice of documentary audio that i make w/ many brilliant folks just launched its second issue. The subject: archives. i wrote something for it about how to save the truth, we must all become archivists for the future: www.soundfields.org/02-letter-fr...
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A joy to listen to #WhereTheDistanceShimmers A
Eulogy to Route 66, poetic, lyrical, nostalgic
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Eulogy to Route 66, poetic, lyrical, nostalgic
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, Where the Distance Shimmers
Laura Barton reflects on the shifting identity of Route 66.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A joy to listen to #WhereTheDistanceShimmers A
Eulogy to Route 66, poetic, lyrical, nostalgic
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Eulogy to Route 66, poetic, lyrical, nostalgic
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“Nuanced, layered and poetic…” tomorrow night’s BBC Radio 4 Illuminated ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’ is @radiotimes.bsky.social documentary pick of the week www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“Nuanced, layered and poetic…” tomorrow night’s BBC Radio 4 Illuminated ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’ is @radiotimes.bsky.social documentary pick of the week www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall