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The Well of Random

Curious, unexpected and superbly quirky documentaries, introduced by Seren Jones.

Radio 4,17 episodes

Episodes

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Welcome to The Well of Random
Curious, unexpected and superbly quirky documentaries. Introduced by Seren Jones.
25 Mar 2019,1 min
A Call from Joybubbles
The story of phone phreaking and how teenagers hacked the US phone system.
25 Mar 2019,28 mins
The Ghost Trains of Old England
Ian Marchant travels Britain's least-used, semi-secret trains.
25 Mar 2019,28 mins
Save the Moon!
Prof Chris Riley argues that we need to act now to preserve the moon for all mankind.
26 Mar 2019,28 mins
How to Dig a Grave
Gravediggers exist in popular imagination as a ghoulish breed. But what is the reality?
26 Mar 2019,28 mins
Hole in the Head
Meet the people who think drilling a hole in the head has certain health benefits.
25 Mar 2019,28 mins
In Praise of the Lido
Stephen Smith dips his toe in the waters of this great national institution.
26 Mar 2019,30 mins
Hippy Internet - The Whole Earth Catalog
The story of a book of hippy philosophy that defined the 1960s.
26 Mar 2019,29 mins
What is the Point of... ? Lawns
Quentin Letts examines the British love affair with lawns.
27 Mar 2019,28 mins
Oblique Strategies
Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards.
27 Mar 2019,30 mins
Malled: 60 Years of Undercover Shopping
Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping centre.
27 Mar 2019,58 mins
Hallucination: Through the Doors of Perception
Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.
27 Mar 2019,28 mins
The Devil's Rope
Ian Marchant traces the story of how barbed wire privatised America.
27 Mar 2019,28 mins
The Reluctant Lama
The story of the Spanish toddler chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.
27 Mar 2019,28 mins
Cutting Up the Cut-Up
Writer Ken Hollings examines an artistic device called the 'cut-up'.
27 Mar 2019,30 mins
Free Energy
Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.
28 Mar 2019,28 mins
Scientists Go To Hollywood
Adam Rutherford talks to scientists who have left the lab for Hollywood.
29 Mar 2019,30 mins