Josie Long presents short documentaries that go back to the start. The musician Lucinda Chua traces the journey of a rose, a connection is forged between a young woman now and a trapeze artist on New Year's Eve 1942, and a touching personal archive illuminates the journey of a word.

Muscles and MysteriesProduced by Teresa Kristoffersson

First WordsProduced by Kalli Anderson Featuring the voices of Kalli's parents, Kathy Hunt and Lance Anderson, as well as Kalli's husband, Zack Finkelstein, and their two children, aged 12 and 8.

Reclaiming The Rose Produced, narrated and music by Lucinda ChuaChinese Narration by XiaoQiaoPoetry in English and Chinese by He Sun

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4