Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries

Fran O’Toole, lead singer with the Miami Showband was murdered along with band members in a loyalist ambush in Northern Ireland in 1975. Soon after, Fran’s young daughters were taken to live in Canada by their mother . Rachel and Kelly have long searched for a connection to their father and his family, imagining what might have been (2015).

Black in America is about the poverty and discrimination that is still rife in the black and Hispanic community in America. It looks at what black leaders are doing to battle this discrimination in modern day America. (Broadcast 1989)

To the watching world in 1968, Tipperary man, Mick Meaney was an ordinary Irish emigrant to the U.K., with the extraordinary dream of breaking the world record for time spent buried alive underground. His bizarre record attempt was pushed along by Kerry publican turned promoter Butty Sugrue. But for how long and at what cost? (2015)

In Good Cheer: Making and Drinking Whiskey is about the passion people have for this alcohol. We go beyond the bottle and meet the people involved in producing Ireland’s liquid gold and the history behind it. (1988)

In the most in-depth and far-reaching investigation RTÉ Radio has ever undertaken, an international recruitment company is taken to court by one of its workers. Referred to the European Court of Justice, the outcome could change EU labour law for millions of people. The only problem? The worker at the heart of the case knows nothing about it (2015)

A radio documentary in which a Donegal family travel to the EU in Brussels in search of answers to their daughter's tragic death. Eight and a half years after her death, Sinead McDaid's family feels that all avenues in Ireland have been exhausted. (2009)

In ‘The Thebes Road Movie’, Kaye Mortley a radio feature maker makes the journey to Thebes in Greece. Kaye tells the story of her journey and the mysterious happenings that occur. (First Broadcast 2003)

Amas and Ammar Al-Kadry are two Syrian brothers who put themselves in the hands of ruthless people-smugglers to escape their war-torn country. From the deserts of Algeria to lawless Libyan towns and rickety over-crowded boats, it’s a long way from Damascus to Ballyhaunis. (First broadcast 2015) Themes: Adventure, Conflict, Development, Foreign

Richard Corrigan started his working life as an unpromising and shy 14 year old, in the kitchen of an Athboy hotel. This job marked the beginning of a love affair with food and many years later, he is an award winning chef, living in the city of London. (1999)

Matthew O'Brien has been counting down to Thursday 17th Dec 2015 for over a year - the day when the new Star Wars movie ‘The Force Awakens’ opens in cinemas worldwide. Matthew has been hooked on Star Wars since he was 4 years old. He has an enormous collection of memorabilia, can recite each scene verbatim and thinks of the movies as his Bible. Matthew invites us into the curious world of a serious Star Wars fan (2015).

It was once claimed that Ireland has over three thousand healing springs and more than any other country in Europe. In Taking the Waters, we hear about the springs that are no longer and those that still flourish.

A story of emigration and sport. Jack Dowling survived an orphanage in Waterford and an industrial school in Cork. He moved to the UK to work in the mines and went on to become an international race walker. Jack was good enough to represent Ireland, but never got the chance. He did set many records, some of which still stand (Broadcast 2015)

Henry Morris was an Irish scholar who dedicated his life to education. Henry was aware that the Gaelic language and culture was dying out in Ulster, so he devoted his life to teaching the Irish language in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. (1972)

Leeanne O’Donnell was browsing a market when she saw a bedwarmer from a Big House in North Cork, between Mallow and Mitchelstown. The landlady who owned it was successful author, Elizabeth Bowen who, according to the stallholder, was hated because she spied for Churchill during The Emergency. Was that true? Leeanne set off to find out. (2015)

Seán Mac Réamoinn speaks to the people of Belfast in Northern Ireland about their city and their lives. He learns about the history of the city, the generosity of the people & speaks to the people about their memories. (1972)