Nina Garthwaite presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

This week, Nina hears about the cuts we make and how we learn to recover from them. From not making the cut in a team to the actions of a rogue hairdresser.

We hear one man's story of how he coped working inside an Irish "meat factory" and the unusual soundtrack that enveloped him, and a modern retelling of the old Persian fable which looks at how the moon got her scars.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The items featured in the programme are:
Derby Tape Club - Cut Up
Found sound from Mark Vernon

Meat Factory: Earworms
Produced by Ronan Kelly

Making the Cut
Featuring Glen Morris

Two Little Girls Explain the Worst Haircut Ever
Produced by Jeff Cohen

Not Untouchable
Produced by Matilda James

Christine Jorgensen
Produced by Pejk Malinovski and Seline Baumgartner. Show less