Documentary on One Podcast
RTÉ Documentary on One
300 episodes
Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'Where is Jón?', ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, 'Runaway Joe', 'Finding Samantha', 'Tiger Roll', 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
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Harwood, Johanna Harwood
Irish woman Johanna Harwood is not widely-known, but she should be. She wrote the screenplays for the James Bond movies 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia With Love' including coming up with the "Goya Joke" - one of the most…
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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind
An Exclusive - Recorded over the last year, this is the incredible story which began last Christmas Eve just as Santa arrived into Ireland and Blitzen, one of his reindeers got badly injured. See…
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Girl From The Letter
John Richards is on a quest to solve a mystery. He's looking for a girl who he only learned about through a letter written to his father. And he last saw his father over 50 years ago. At the age of 75, and with lots of…
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Don't Go Far
A multi award winning doc. And still one of our most popular ever docs! It's 1985, and two Dublin children, with a knack for bunking off school and fare dodging, embark on an unbelievable adventure. On a warm summer's…
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Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles
April 2nd 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Con Carey, the only man in Kerry to be buried twice. The story itself goes back to April 1978, when Con Carey, a bachelor labourer, was found dead on the…
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Osborn v. Germany
When armed police arrived at Oisín Osborn’s home in Hamburg, Germany in May 2019, he was in his underpants, wearing a saucepan on his head. He was agitated. He had been talking about "protecting" his wife and family…
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A Letter Home
Over the centuries, millions of people emigrated from the island of Ireland to the United States. Every one of those people left someone behind as they went to find a better life in a new land. The only way to stay in…
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Invisible Men - Ireland's Incels
Paul – not his real name – is in his thirties, and he has never had a sexual or romantic relationship. He goes to work and gets on with his colleagues but nobody knows the life of quiet despair that he lives. Nobody…
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In Search of Safety
On the evening of November 20th 2014 a young Irish-American student named Devin Reardon was at his University campus in Florida. Alarms started to go off, at first one and then every siren on the college grounds.…
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Hello Spaceboy
25 years ago David Bowie became the first major artist to release an album as a download. Around the same time, one of Bowie’s super fans, Irishman Dara O’Kearney, began to receive emails from a mysterious figure who…
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First Consignment: 02 – Attack
(Ep2/2). With Gadaffi’s first shipment of weapons to the IRA now landed at Shannon airport and dispersed around to hiding places, in this second and final part of this documentary series, we hear how the IRA trained on…
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First Consignment: 01 – Airlift
(Ep1/2) In the summer of 1972, Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi made an approach to the Provisional IRA with an offer of weapons. This was to become the first modern weaponry the IRA got access to. The first shipment of arms…
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Heart and Soul Horses
In 2008, Celine Cawley was killed in her home in Howth in County Dublin. Just over a year later, her husband was convicted of her manslaughter and sent to prison. Their sixteen year old daughter Georgia was an only…
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Nastiness
The world of Irish politics has changed. There's more personal abuse and stress on public representatives - both inside and outside Leinster House - than ever before. One young politician described being physically…
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Bob Marley In The Park
The only gig that Bob Marley and the Wailers ever played in Ireland turned out to be Bob’s last ever outdoor show, before he tragically died of cancer just 10 months later. The concert took place at Dalymount Park in…
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The Real Carrie Jade: Bonus - Irish Gardaí arrest Samantha Cookes!
Just as we thought 'The Real Carrie Jade' series was complete, Irish Police confirm that yesterday, Friday, 12th July 2024 in County Kerry, "Gardaí arrested a woman in her 30s as part of an ongoing investigation into…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 06 - I’m Sadie Harris!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 05 - I’m a victim!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 04 - I’m Rebecca Fitzgerald!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 03 - I’m Lucy Fitzwilliams!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 02 - I’m Samantha Cookes!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade: 01 - I'm Carrie Jade Williams!
A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' podcast feed from wherever you get your…
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The Real Carrie Jade - Trailer
NEW SERIES: To get early access, please subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' from wherever you get your podcasts. Long before anyone ever heard of this story, 3yrs ago, in 2021, a 32-year-old English woman approached us…
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Heel, Toe Step, Together
A beautiful story. Forget your celebrity 'Strictly Come Dancing' - this is the real deal. A chance meeting in East London leads to an unlikely friendship through dance as 86 year old Bob teaches 28 year-old Katie to…
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A Talent For Life - The Fergus O'Farrell Story
Fergus O'Farrell was the Irish singer-songwriter behind the cult band Interferecnce, who died in Februrary 2016. His song 'Gold' featured in the soundtrack and Broadway adaptation of the movie Once. He has battled…
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The Year Franco Stole the Eurovision
“What will come 2nd to Congratulations?” pondered the press in the run-up to the final of the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, which was staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London. “Congratulations,” performed by Cliff…
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One May day
The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 17th 1974, were one of the most tragic events of the Troubles. Three no-warning car bombs exploded in Dublin City Centre at 5.30pm, and another no-warning bomb exploded in…
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Cairo Cellmates
After 4yrs in an Egyptian prison, Ibrahim Halawa, a 22yr old Irish student, was acquitted of all charges against him in Sept 2017. We revisit the documentary we made on Ibrahim’s story in June 2016 with Peter Greste,…
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Perfume Island's Fatal Lure
Douamour climbs into a small fishing boat to travel across the open sea to the Island of Mayotte - a lesser-known Southern border of the EU. The stretch of water around Mayotte has been described as "the widest…
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The Tattooed Irishman
In 1836, Dubliner James F O’Connell published a book which told of his incredible life story. Shipwrecked on the remote Pacific Island of Pohnpei, he was forcibly tattooed about the body by natives. Eventually…
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The Loophole
A story of betrayal, scheming, paranoia, money and one of the world's most prestigious law schools, The Loophole looks at the lengths people will go to in order to realise their dreams and the callousness of those who…
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Runaway Joe: 09 - Within Sight
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 08 - Land of Reinvention
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 07 - Jailbreak
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 06 - Closing The Net
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 05 - The Ripple Effect
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 04 - Living Large
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 03 - Manhunt
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 02 - June and Joe
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Runaway Joe: 01 - A Question of Identity
A new 9-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes…
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Fire In The Sky
On January 8th 1979, 50 people were killed when a massive Oil Tanker the 'Betelgeuse' exploded at Whiddy Island, West Cork. With families of those who lost their lives about to launch High Court proceedings, as they…
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Runaway Joe
NEW SERIES: To get early access, subscribe to 'Runaway Joe' from wherever you get your podcasts. IN 1967, an Irish-American escaped custody on a charge of murdering his wife in upstate New York. Almost 60 years later,…
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The Green Fields of France
Gerry Kelly goes on a personal journey to discover the story behind his favourite song. Made famous by the Irish folk group, The Fureys, and recorded by a host of musicians down the years, The Green Fields of France is…
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Frank Stagg's Three Funerals
When Frank Stagg died he had three funerals, not only that, he had two graves and three headstones. That's because when Frank Stagg, a Republican hunger striker, died in prison in Britain 1976 there was a sort of tug…
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The Common Thread
The Bra turns 100 this year. From the Backless to the Bullet, the Demi-cup to the Push-up, the brassiere has evolved from a simple breast support to a symbol of desire. We unclasp the story of the bra in Ireland, and…
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Did Michael Keogh Save Hitler?
Irish man Michael Keogh claims to have saved Hitler's life before he became 'Führer'. Could this be true? Could a Carlow man, who left home at 16 and lived a life of pseudonyms, disguise, conspiracy and war have had…
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A Song For Kathleen
The story of 87-year-old Kathleen Tierney who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but finds her spirit lifted and her health improve when she joins ‘The Forget Me Nots’ - a choir welcoming those affected by dementia and…
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Los Preciosos
A beautiful story of adoption from rural East Cork. Two children from Guatemala, Jacobo aged 4 and Natalie aged 5. Their father, Vittorio, is Italian. Their mother, Jools, is English. A family from three countries -…
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Fear and Mistrust
What happens when people stop having trust in the system? Two people who lost faith in the things they previously believed are Phil and Jean. Phil is a former conspiracy theorist. He spent over a year believing things…
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Skyhope
In 1977, a giant ship named Skyhope paid a visit to the west Kerry village of Baile na nGall or Ballydavid. The ship was calling into the village on the promise of a few pints having helped out some local fishermen.…
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