Short Cuts

Supporting Content

• How to tell a story

  Start with a hook and include a twist. Watch Josie Long's guide to great storytelling.

  

  Duration: 4:01

• Short Cuts Animations

  The weird and wonderful world of Short Cuts animations

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• What's it like to have a famous name?

  Imagine if you were called Michael Jackson. John Osborne talks about name-doppelgängers.

  

  Duration: 4:10

• The Clock - A Josie Long Comic

  Josie has scribbled and sketched her thoughts on the thorny issue of time.

  

• Mixtape: musical stories from the past seven series

  A lovingly crafted mixtape of musical stories from Short Cuts.

  

  Duration: 23:32

• Here Be Dragons: A Josie Long Map

  Josie shares a map of her childhood, with clickable audio highlights

  

• Behind the Curtain - A Josie Long Comic

  Josie lifts the curtain on being a stand-up comic

  

• Watch Short Cuts: Hallucinations

  Poet and producer Ross Sutherland seeks to understand the strange echoes in his hearing.

  Duration: 12:32

• The Night Before Christmas

  Josie Long presents short festive documentaries about the night before Christmas.

  Duration: 26:39

• How to tell a story

  Start with a hook and include a twist. Watch Josie Long's guide to great storytelling.

  Duration: 4:01

• Vanishing Point

  Josie Long hears stories of disappearance.

  Duration: 10:12
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• Curious City Monuments

• Behind the scenes of Short Cuts

  The BBC Academy talks to Short Cuts producers Eleanor McDowall, Alan Hall and Hana Walker-Brown about how they find and create the stories showcased in the series.
  
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