Dive into the history of 'glass ships in bottles'; the changing identity of a post-industrual northern city as told through the eyes of Japanest glass artist Ayako Tani, who is preserving the endangered art of sculpting the hand-crafted glass ships which once put Sunderland on the map.

Annually since 2018, Jay has produced the annual Charles Parker Prize programmes on BBC Radio 4 Extra; a celebration of exceptional audio feature-making produced by emerging audio producers, in honour of the late pioneering radio pioneer Charles Parker.

In Jay’s debut documentary for BBC Radio 4, visual artist Stephanie Smith shares her unique artistic process of “Skin-Mapping”. Smith invites participants to close their eyes, put charcoal to canvas, and really feel the tactile sensations in their faces & bodies.

Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers.