From the early archives:

Rome on th Eve of World War Two, by Mervyn Wall (first broadcast in 1976)

Why Canterbury, by Val Mukerns (first broadcast in 1989)

Walking Under Ladders, by Dominic Roche (first broadcast in 1970)

A Meeting with Siobhán McKenna, by Patricia O'Reilly (first broadcast in 1989)

Visitors to Killarney, by Benedict Kiely (from 1982)

On Séamus Murphy, by Eric Cross (from 1976)

Music:

'We'll Meet Again' by Vera Lynn

'Prelude No 11 in B Major' by Chopin, performed by Sviatoslav Richter

Saraband, from the Consort of Flower Parts by Matthew Locke, performed by Hesperion 20

Movement No 3 from the Saint Joan Suite, composed by John Foulds, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra

An Poc ar Buile, sung by The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem