Stories in Sound

Anne Marie McAleese meets the Italian families whose ancestors left the village of Casalattico to build a new life in Northern Ireland.

Marie-Louise Muir tells the story of a little boy called Thomas and two women - Hollywood superstar Jane Russell and Hannah McDermott from Derry's Springtown camp - which became an international scandal in the early 1950s, reverberating through the law courts of London and the boulevards of Beverly Hills.

Oil speculators are on the scene in the four corners of Ireland. Could an oil bonanza be the answer to the nation's economic problems? BBC Ireland reporter Andy Martin investigates.

Founded 220 years ago, the Orange Order is a Protestant organisation which, its members say, stands for civil liberties, fraternity and faith. However in the divided society of Northern Ireland it is rarely out of the news. Many Irish Nationalists and Republicans view it as an anti-Catholic, triumphalist organisation and disputes over some contentious Orange parades have generated headlines around...

Chris Page investigates the issues faced by asylum seekers who arrive in Belfast and how their plight affects and reflects society.

Amidst the violence and bloody conflict of the early 1970s, youth orchestras sprang up across Northern Ireland. Aged seven, Marie-Louise Muir took a bus to orchestra practice every Saturday morning, carrying her cello across a landscape marred by bomb blasts, riots and civil unrest. While the violence raged, she met children from other religious backgrounds for the first time. She formed friendshi...

In the Tall Ship Races 2015, Cathy Moorehead set sail on the Sorlandet from Belfast to Alesund in Norway. Gaining 24 hour access to all of the day-to-day goings on, we learn about life on board...

Andy Martin examines the current state of loyalism in Northern Ireland.

Mark Thompson recounts the story of the Ulster Scots pioneers who travelled to New Zealand in the 1870s to start a new life.

When a visitor to Belfast discovers a mysterious note in a copy of Ciaran Carson's novel The Star Factory, she finds herself on a labyrinthine journey through the city and prose.

A look at red squirrels and the threat they face from the introduction of the grey squirrel into their habitat. Could the elusive pine marten help save them?

William Crawley tells the story of Georges Lemaitre, the Catholic priest who originated the Big Bang theory.

Marie-Louise Muir follows a play co-produced in Northern Ireland and Bosnia as it travels from Derry-Londonderry to Mostar, asking what use is art in traumatic situations?

Award-winning documentary-maker Rob Mulhern pays a visit to Londonderry, using the city's taxi drivers as his guide.

Kevin Magee investigates the case of an east Belfast man jailed for life in 2007 who for nine years has protested his innocence regarding the brutal murder.

As teenage Mods in 1980s Lurgan, Mark and Boyd were best mates. In their twenties they canoed, hiked and climbed their way round Ireland and beyond, but as life moved on, they slowly grew apart. Now, as they approach their 50th birthdays, they set out on a canoe trip they’ve always wanted to take, from Lough Neagh to the Atlantic ocean along the tranquil waters of the Lower Bann. As they meet fish...

There was a time when the dead in our cemeteries did not rest in peace and the demand for bodies for medical research resulted in grave robbers starting a new grisly industry - the resurrection of the dead. Historian Dr David Hume investigates this dreadful upsurge in the exhuming of the dead by the ruthless resurrection men. There was robbery, violence and murder on The Graveyard Shift.

As the epic Radio Ulster series reaches a close, Maggie Cronin presents another chance to hear in full the compelling true WW1 love story of English soldier Eric Appleby, and his Irish sweetheart Phyllis Kelly.

The conflict in Afghanistan against the Taliban was a bloody war. Hundreds of soldiers were killed and thousands injured. Kevin Sharkey discovers that many soldiers have struggled with mental health problems since returning home to Northern Ireland. He speaks to veterans suffering with PTSD and how it has led many to try and take their own lives.

The transgender debate isn't confined to the US, it's coming to classrooms across Northern Ireland. This documentary reveals that in the last two years 134 young people under the age of 18 have sought help for gender identity issues. Robbie Meredith investigates.

Theresa May says 'Brexit means Brexit', but how do people in Belfast now feel about the biggest decision the UK has made in 40 years? Who better to ask than the people who live and work on the city's streets named after European capitals? Producer: Johnny Caldwell.

Could the tradition of storytelling play a part in helping Ireland move away from its troubled past towards a brighter future?

Irish red and white setters were once on the verge of extinction. We look at one man's role in their survival, and explore the current outcross programme using red setters.

Every thoroughbred racehorse can trace their pedigree back to just three Arab stallions, with the first stallion, the Byerley Turk, actually surviving war at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. So how from such a relatively small gene pool can you distinguish who is going to make a champion racehorse? Join Hannah Quinn Mulligan on her quest to find the perfect racehorse, where she'll meet Grand Natio...

Bug mad Paul Moore goes in search of the eight-legged arachnids that scuttle around our homes and weave webs in our gardens at this time of year.