Josie Long presents new short documentaries on searching for hope in the gathering darkness.
John McCarthy and Brian Keenan look back on a single act of human kindness that glows amid much darker memories, a late night conversation explores the hope bound up in playing the lottery, and we hear as voices fade in a Danish hospice.
The Gloaming Featuring John McCarthy and Brian Keenan Produced by Geoff Bird
Fading Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen
The Lottery Produced by Phoebe Wang
First broadcast on 18th December 2018, BBC Radio 4 Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall