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New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968 // Producer: Sarah Binchy; Broadcast Co-ordinator: Elaine Conlan

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Sunday Miscellany Sunday 1 February 2026 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 1 February 2026

Episode • 51 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 25 January 2026 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 25 January 2026

Episode • 48 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 18 January 2026 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 18 January 2026

Episode • 50 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 11 January 2026 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 11 January 2026

Episode • 49 Mins • 11 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 4 January 2026 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 4 January 2026

Episode • 48 Mins • 04 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 28 December 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 28 December 2025

Episode • 53 Mins • 28 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Thursday 25 December 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Thursday 25 December 2025

Episode • 57 Mins • 25 DEC 25 • Christmas Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 21 December 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 21 December 2025

Episode • 50 Mins • 21 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 14 December 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 14 December 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 14 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 December 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 December 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 07 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 30 November 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 30 November 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 30 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 23 November 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 23 November 2025

Episode • 50 Mins • 23 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 16 November 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 16 November 2025

Episode • 50 Mins • 16 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 9 November 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 9 November 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 09 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 2 November 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 2 November 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 02 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 26 October 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 26 October 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 26 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 19 October 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 19 October 2025

Episode • 51 Mins • 19 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 12 October 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 12 October 2025

Episode • 51 Mins • 12 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 5 October 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 5 October 2025

Episode • 47 Mins • 05 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 28 September 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 28 September 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 28 SEP 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 21 September 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 21 September 2025

Episode • 50 Mins • 21 SEP 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 14 September 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 14 September 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 14 SEP 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 September 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 September 2025

Episode • 49 Mins • 07 SEP 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 31 August 2025 show image

Sunday Miscellany Sunday 31 August 2025

Episode • 48 Mins • 31 AUG 25 • Sunday Miscellany

Latest

Childhood in Donnycarney, by Val Mulkerns show image

Childhood in Donnycarney, by Val Mulkerns

Clip • 4 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

A Relation of Jack Doyle, by Sam McAughtry show image

A Relation of Jack Doyle, by Sam McAughtry

Clip • 5 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

Sea-side Days, by Vona Groarke show image

Sea-side Days, by Vona Groarke

Clip • 4 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

Between the Walls, by Nuala Hayes show image

Between the Walls, by Nuala Hayes

Clip • 4 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

Not a Fairy Tale, by Peter Jankowsky show image

Not a Fairy Tale, by Peter Jankowsky

Clip • 4 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

Bedtime Tales, by Catherine Ann Cullen show image

Bedtime Tales, by Catherine Ann Cullen

Clip • 5 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

God Stole My Bike, by Liz Nugent show image

God Stole My Bike, by Liz Nugent

Clip • 3 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

The Cot, by Michael Harding show image

The Cot, by Michael Harding

Clip • 4 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany

On Work, by John Ryan show image

On Work, by John Ryan

Clip • 5 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Hard Labour, by Angela O’Rourke show image

Hard Labour, by Angela O’Rourke

Clip • 4 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

An Ill Wind, by Lar Redmond show image

An Ill Wind, by Lar Redmond

Clip • 4 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Market Day, by Benedict Kiely show image

Market Day, by Benedict Kiely

Clip • 6 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Samuel Beckett, The Work & The Man, by James Plunkett show image

Samuel Beckett, The Work & The Man, by James Plunkett

Clip • 4 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Walking the Marathon, by Sharon Hogan show image

Walking the Marathon, by Sharon Hogan

Clip • 4 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

My Confirmation Coat, by Hilda Murphy show image

My Confirmation Coat, by Hilda Murphy

Clip • 4 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Moroccan Party, by Nuala O’Faolain show image

Moroccan Party, by Nuala O’Faolain

Clip • 5 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Innocence and Incense, by Eamon Keane show image

Innocence and Incense, by Eamon Keane

Clip • 4 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Aunt Ess, by Margaret Hawkins show image

Aunt Ess, by Margaret Hawkins

Clip • 6 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Light of My Life, by Paul O'Dwyer show image

Light of My Life, by Paul O'Dwyer

Clip • 3 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

Marriage by Candlelight, by Sinéad McCoole show image

Marriage by Candlelight, by Sinéad McCoole

Clip • 4 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany

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Live Shows, New Book and Special Programmes show image

Live Shows, New Book and Special Programmes

Podcast Downloads & Links - Sunday Miscellany show image

Podcast Downloads & Links - Sunday Miscellany

Submission Guidelines show image

Submission Guidelines

Sunday Miscellany at Christmas show image

Sunday Miscellany at Christmas

Sunday Miscellany On the Road show image

Sunday Miscellany On the Road

Miscellany 50 show image

Miscellany 50

Weekly Podcast Version

Magical childhoods show image

Magical childhoods

Clip • 42 Mins • 01 FEB • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Working yourself, or watching others at it show image

Working yourself, or watching others at it

Clip • 34 Mins • 25 JAN • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Rituals at home, rituals in the community show image

Rituals at home, rituals in the community

Clip • 37 Mins • 18 JAN • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view show image

A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view

Clip • 38 Mins • 11 JAN • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar show image

Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar

Clip • 33 Mins • 04 JAN • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball show image

A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball

Clip • 38 Mins • 28 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

A Christmas Day Miscellany show image

A Christmas Day Miscellany

Clip • 42 Mins • 25 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Joy to the World: Christmas Miscellany Part 1 show image

Joy to the World: Christmas Miscellany Part 1

Clip • 39 Mins • 21 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Songs, Seafarers and a Guiding Star show image

Songs, Seafarers and a Guiding Star

Clip • 36 Mins • 14 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

War Stories and Winter Light show image

War Stories and Winter Light

Clip • 37 Mins • 07 DEC 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Bicycles and Belfast Boys show image

Bicycles and Belfast Boys

Clip • 36 Mins • 30 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Grief and History: Voices from Bloody Sunday, 2020 show image

Grief and History: Voices from Bloody Sunday, 2020

Clip • 42 Mins • 23 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Old Friends and New Beginnings show image

Old Friends and New Beginnings

Clip • 38 Mins • 16 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Starry Skies and Student Rites-of-Passage show image

Starry Skies and Student Rites-of-Passage

Clip • 36 Mins • 09 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Ghosts, Goldcrests and a Lost Manuscript show image

Ghosts, Goldcrests and a Lost Manuscript

Clip • 40 Mins • 02 NOV 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

A Last Briquette and a Magic Mountain show image

A Last Briquette and a Magic Mountain

Clip • 35 Mins • 26 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

A Stolen Tulip and a Hare’s Eyes show image

A Stolen Tulip and a Hare’s Eyes

Clip • 37 Mins • 19 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Architecture, Home and the City show image

Architecture, Home and the City

Clip • 39 Mins • 12 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Ringing Bells and Magic Nights show image

Ringing Bells and Magic Nights

Clip • 35 Mins • 05 OCT 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Both Sides Now show image

Both Sides Now

Clip • 33 Mins • 28 SEP 25 • Sunday Miscellany (Podcast)

Christmas Miscellany 25/12/2024

Sunday Miscellany, Wednesday 25 December 2024 show image

Sunday Miscellany, Wednesday 25 December 2024

Clip • 57 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

Terry the Turkey, by John Toal show image

Terry the Turkey, by John Toal

Clip • 8 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

Harry Kernoff: Fifty Years Gone, by Donal Fallon show image

Harry Kernoff: Fifty Years Gone, by Donal Fallon

Clip • 6 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

Deck the Halls, by Maggie Armstrong show image

Deck the Halls, by Maggie Armstrong

Clip • 8 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

A Gift from the Family, by Margaret Galvin show image

A Gift from the Family, by Margaret Galvin

Clip • 6 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

That Night, by John F Deane show image

That Night, by John F Deane

Clip • 6 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

The Falcon Carol, a poem by James Harpur show image

The Falcon Carol, a poem by James Harpur

Clip • 1 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

Turkeys, traditions and Christmas contemplation show image

Turkeys, traditions and Christmas contemplation

Clip • 45 Mins • 25 DEC 24 • Christmas Miscellany

Miscellany Extra 24/12/2024

The Tale of the Curly-Haired Girl and the Mouse, by Olive Travers show image

The Tale of the Curly-Haired Girl and the Mouse, by Olive Travers

Clip • 5 Mins • 24 DEC 24 • Miscellany Extra

Advent Calendar, a poem by James Harpur show image

Advent Calendar, a poem by James Harpur

Clip • 1 Mins • 24 DEC 24 • Miscellany Extra

Christmas Eve, a poem by John F Deane show image

Christmas Eve, a poem by John F Deane

Clip • 1 Mins • 24 DEC 24 • Miscellany Extra

Seasonal reflections and unexpected guests show image

Seasonal reflections and unexpected guests

Clip • 10 Mins • 24 DEC 24 • Miscellany Extra

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