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A ground-breaking series capturing contemporary life across the UK with bitesize dramas, monologues, poetry and song. Each episode features five short works by writers from across the UK, and each episode responds to a different theme. In this episode - Laughing. Llanelli Is Enfy's dog laughing at her? Or perhaps he knows something she doesn't? Written by Julie Ma Performed by Di Botcher Sound Design by Nigel Lewis Produced by Emma Harding Hereford We follow a queer working class man growing up in rural Herefordshire, and the laughs that teach him what it is to be a man. Written by 1990s Chris Performed by 1990s Chris and Charlie Staunton Sound Design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton Produced by Celia de Wolff Coleraine If you were asked to sum up your career in eight minutes, what would you talk about? The promotions, the workload, the Christmas do's? Or your friends and the day to day of the job? For this NI police officer, she is doing just that, focusing on the smallest yet most important points of her career in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Written by Rachel Wilkinson Performed by Lloyd Hutchinson and Riona O Connor Sound design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton Produced by Celia de Wolff Caputh Farmer and stand-up comedian, Jim Smith, muses on single life in rural Perthshire. Written and performed by Jim Smith Produced by Gaynor McFarlane Digbeth A man flows about smiling and laughing through the shifts of life, reminding us to take responsibility for choices. A grime rhythm articulating the triumph of pushing through. Written and performed by RTKal Music Engineer: Rowan Coleing Produced by Polly Thomas and Yusra Warsama Programme illustration by Eleanor Hibbert Original Music composed by Niroshini Thambar Curated by Celia de Wolff for Pier Productions, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Northern Ireland, and Naked Productions for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4