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Short Works Episodes

  1. La Scala Sauchiehall Street

    A short story set in 1930s Glasgow from award-winning writer Louise Welsh.

  2. Stew Woman

    By Hannah Vincent. Stew鈥檚 wife is planning an very unusual dinner for him.

  3. The Death of Wildflowers

    A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.

  4. Wallerfield, 1975

    By Anthony Joseph - Trinidadian-born musician, novelist and TS Eliot prize-winning poet.

  5. Byres Road

    By Rhiannon Tise. After 30 years away, a woman meets up with an old boyfriend.

  6. A Night in Limehouse

    By Elaine Chiew. 1896. Wu Lien Teh arrives in London from Penang.

  7. Minor Disturbances by Cherise Saywell

    In this specially written story there is a misunderstanding at an out of town play centre.

  8. The Language of Flowers

    By Elaine Chiew. Willow and Geoff can鈥檛 read each other鈥檚 signals.

  9. My Grandmother's Degree

    A woman looks back on a formative relationship in a new piece from Leila Aboulela.

  10. Coal Country Beauty Queen by Anna Bailey

    A new story from NSSA-shortlisted writer Anna Bailey.

  11. The Portal in Lisbon

    By Baret Magarian. An academic has a strange experience in Portugal.

  12. A Man Who Used to Have Friends by Jo茫o Morais

    An original short story from Jo茫o Morais, read by Dean Rehman.

  13. Dancing Ganesh

    A frustrated climber seeks enlightenment in Kathmandu in a short work from Alan Spence.

  14. Mudlarks

    By Sophie Haydock. A junior doctor takes up mudlarking on London's River Thames.

  15. Pwca's Garden by Carys Shannon

    An original short story by Carys Shannon. Read by Sharon Morgan.

  16. The Centaur's Spectacles

    A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.

  17. Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle

    Misunderstandings and miscommunications on a car journey in Dublin.

  18. Something Borrowed

    A story from Karen Campbell about love, choice and the delicate bonds of family.

  19. The Bubble Bursts

    The Bubble Bursts by Alex Preston. In the future, a man lives through multiple pandemics.

  20. Boy by Clare Watson

    A mother struggles to understand her autistic son.

  21. Goosegrass by Emma Kane

    A mother can鈥檛 help feeling left behind when her son announces his engagement.

  22. Still Life With Fruit by Jon McGregor

    Penelope Wilton reads a new and specially commissioned short story by Jon McGregor.

  23. Joan Loves Ice Cream by Tara West

    A woman in her seventies surprises her children by marrying an ice cream shop.

  24. Madwoman's Milk by Louise Kennedy

    From the award-winning author of Trespasses, a new story set on Ireland's northwest coast.

  25. Mister Derek by Alice Malseed

    A young woman returns to London to meet an old friend.

  26. Acousmatic by Manon Steffan Ros

    New short fiction from Manon Steffan Ros. Read by Sara McGaughey.

  27. She Named Us

    As a teenager, Jimbo Doyle was a bass player in a punk band destined for fame.

  28. Kicha and the Unicorn

    Kicha and the Unicorn. New short fiction by Hanan Issa. Read by Nina Wadia.

  29. Love Is Mortifying by Gina Donnelly

    A late-night call from a wrong number leads to a conversation with a stranger.

  30. Daphne by Lucy Caldwell

    The starlings have disappeared from Belfast's sky.

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