Falling Tree
Falling Tree is a podcast of audio documentaries drawn from the archives of Falling Tree, an independent UK radio production company. Each episode presents a carefully crafted non-fiction story, often built around close listening, ambient sound and intimate human detail. The show collects documentary work that has aired across various outlets and makes it available as a podcast. It is produced in the UK.
Episodes
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
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
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
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
