Radio

A selection of my radio broadcasts


The Red Bear is banging at the door again (World Report RTE 2026)

World Report RTE Poland
Gareth Mason

China extends its hold on the Land of a Million Elephants (World Report RTE: 2026)

World Report RTE Laos
Gareth Mason
 

Sicily greens fight bridge to preserve splendid isolation (World Report RTE: 2025)

World Report RTE Sicily
Gareth Mason
 

Corruption underlies culture clash on Swahili coast (World Report RTE: 2023)

World Report RTE Kenya
Gareth Mason
 
Travel

Communicating beyond the language barrier (World Report RTE 2023)

World Report RTE: Vietnam
Gareth Mason
 

Where the brochures gloss over the human rights (World Report RTE: 2023)

World Report RTE: Dubai
Gareth Mason
 

Pilgrim’s Progress while Nation’s Clash (World Report RTE 2022)

World Report RTE: Walking El Camino (2022)
Gareth Mason
 
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During the blackest of nights, I considered the scenery without seeing it (World Report RTE 2019)

World Report RTE: USA
Gareth Mason
 

After 2000 years, the sabres are still rattling between Greece and its foes from the East (World Report RTE 2018)

World Report RTE: Greece
Gareth Mason
 

Wolfish howling in Transylvania heralds the government’s fall (World Report RTE 2017)

World Report RTE: Romania
Gareth Mason
 

Echoes of Hungary’s Nazi past resound in the capital Budapest (World Report RTE 2016)

World Report RTE: Budapest
Gareth Mason
 
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Nepal’s downtrodden seek a new doctrine to upgrade their caste (World Report RTE 2013)

World Report RTE: Nepal
Gareth Mason
 

Bargain Hunt trailer audition (BBC Worldwide Entertainment 2011)

BBC Worldwide Entertainment: Bargain Hunt
Gareth Mason
 

Todd Margaret trailer audition (Lifestyle Channel 2011)

Lifestyle Channel: Todd Margaret
Gareth Mason
 

It’s all going off in Patagonia, but there’s no-one to see it (World Report RTE 2008)

No File
 

The voices of the oppressed are drowned out in Bogota (World Report RTE 2008)

World Report RTE: Bogota
Gareth Mason
 

In Quito, the gloves are off, but the safety catches remain on (World Report RTE 2008)

World Report RTE: Ecuador
Gareth Mason
 

US pensions go further in Panama, but integration’s less obvious (World Report RTE 2008)

World Report RTE: Panama
Gareth Mason
 

In Melbourne, the desperate PM denies playing the race card (World Report RTE 2007)

World Report RTE: Australia
Gareth Mason
 

Superstition abounds in Hong Kong. China is not amused (World Report RTE 2007)

World Report RTE: Hong Kong
Gareth Mason
 

Veils and extremism are hard to find in the ancient alleys of Fez (World Report RTE 2007)

World Report RTE: Morocco
Gareth Mason
 

Doctors abound in Havana, but a square meal is harder to find (World Report RTE 2006)

World Report RTE: Cuba
Gareth Mason
 

Timing is everything in crossing the Venezuelan border (World Report RTE 2006)

World Report RTE: Venezuela
Gareth Mason
 

The taxi-drivers of Bogota are voting for the gringos (World Report RTE 2006)

World Report RTE: Bogota
Gareth Mason
 

In Bolivia, there’s still silver in the mountain that eats people (World Report RTE 2006)

World Report RTE: Bolivia
Gareth Mason
 

Guerrillas come in from the cold in Colombia (World Report RTE 2006)

World Report RTE: Colombia
Gareth Mason
 

The last of the big cartels falls in Cali (World Report RTE 2005)

World Report RTE: Cali
Gareth Mason
 

In Quito, an Irishwoman protests innocence over drug conviction (World Report RTE 2005)

World Report RTE: Zoe
Gareth Mason
 

Buenos Aires resounds to the noise of misused kitchen utensils (World Report RTE 2005)

World Report RTE: Argentina
Gareth Mason
 

The fishermen are revolting in the Galapagos Islands (World Report RTE 2005)

World Report RTE: Galapagos
Gareth Mason
 

A guinea-pig beauty contest in Riobamba has an ulterior motive (World Report RTE 2004)

World Report RTE: Riobamba
Gareth Mason
 

All is quiet in the paradise of Zanzibar in the wake of terrorism (World Report RTE 2003)

World Report RTE: Zanzibar
Gareth Mason
 

For now, the monkeys are still going nowhere in Gibraltar (World Report RTE 2002)

World Report RTE: Gibraltar
Gareth Mason
 

20 Years of Inter-railing (Commissioned by From Our Own Correspondent BBC R4 2002)

BBC Radio 4 Inter-railing
Gareth Mason
 

Economic clichés crash and soar in crisis-hit Istanbul (World Report RTE 2001)

World Report RTE: Istanbul
Gareth Mason
 

African justice heals the deep scars of genocide in Arusha (World Report RTE 2001)

World Report RTE: Arusha
Gareth Mason
 

In Peru, following the trail of the Inca to Machu Picchu (Angel FM City University 2000)

Angel FM: Inca Trail
Gareth Mason
 

Making a Hash of the Drugs War (Final Project City University 2000)

Making a Hash of the Drugs Laws
Gareth Mason
 

Thought for the Day (Course work City University 2000)

Thought for the Day
Gareth Mason
 

News Bulletins (RTE & City University 2000)

News Bulletins
Gareth Mason
 

Voiceover Adverts (Demo tape 2000)

Voiceover Adverts
Gareth Mason