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Josie Long presents documentaries about time and timing. From losing your grasp on the passing hours to a childhood fear of Sundays - how our experience of time gets under our skin.The features in this programme are:Tick Tick Tick Produced by Steve UrquhartEscaping the Present Featuring Sarah Shourd Produced by Andrea RangecroftThe Cymbal Crash Featuring Jim Gordon Produced by Maartje DuinSundays Produced by Shanida ScotlandSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017..

Josie Long presents stories of those who have pretended to be someone they're not. From an undercover cop to stars of the art world caught in an elaborate fiction.The features in this programme are:The Connor Brothers Featuring James Golding, Mike Snelle and Marion Harris Produced by Jodie TaylorWife of a Terrorist Featuring Miss L A version of this story first appeared in the essay collection, The Good Immigrant.Undercover Featuring Ron Stallworth Produced by Claire CroftonSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017. .

Josie Long hears stories of hope found amidst the darkness - tales of love letters, hope on the water and the man who has steered 28,000 people safely to shore across treacherous waters from the end of a phone line."I must admit I'm deeply impressed by people who step out and do something and say something... whatever dreaming they would do it. A Mexican farm worker Jessie De La Cruz said, 'we have a saying in Spanish, when things look bleak, esperanzas mueren al ultimo. Hope dies last.'" - Studs TerkelThe features in this programme are:Dear John Produced by Andrea RangecroftBird in the Breath and Other Hopeful Cargo Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer MetskerSend Me Your Location Produced by Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017.