Josie Long hears stories of observation - from glimpsing who you might become to an artist who secretly surveilled her father.

Rosalind Jana explores the crackle of possibility and hope in a love story observed across a crowded room, Johanna Heldebro talks about her art project - To Come Within Reach of You - in which she followed and photographed her father, and Sarah Algashgari talks about working at the first football match in Saudi Arabia that allowed female spectators.

Deciphering Featuring Rosalind Jana

The Watchers Featuring Sarah Algashgari Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Following Father Featuring Johanna Heldebro Produced by Tom Henley

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2018.