Josie Long presents short festive documentaries about the night before Christmas.
A joyful Christmas scene discovered on an old tape, a poet holds the beauty and melancholy of a trip home on Christmas Eve, and Albert Woodfox reflects on 40 years of enforced isolation and the illumination and comfort offered by a group of schoolchildren in Liverpool.
Forwards and Backwards\nFeaturing The Djursland Fiddlers recorded by Torben Harbo in the 1970s.\nProduced by Rikke Houd
Christmas Eve\nWritten and read by Liz Berry\nProduced by Alia Cassam
Albert\nFeaturing Albert Woodfox and David Moorhead\nProduced by Sarah Cuddon
Curated by Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft\nSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall\nExecutive Producer: Axel Kacouti\xe9\nA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4