Fiction - Dramatizations
On the Brink: A Cold War
Reader: Nathan Osgood
First years ago, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the US and Soviets engaged in a military stand-off over missiles in Cuba. In Douglas Kennedy's story, the last in a series looking...
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On the Brink: Turn Our Backs
Reader: Morven Christie
Fifty years ago, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the US and Soviet leadership engaged in a 13-day military stand-off over missiles in Cuba. In A L Kennedy's story, the first in a...
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Baby Powder and Perfume: The Police Officer (Episode 3)
Reader: Will Howard
Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. Or perhaps the lack of it. When a lap dancer fears she's being stalked by a regular punter and the local 'gentleman's' club faces closure,...
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Baby Powder and Perfume: The Dancer (Episode 5)
Reader: Lizzy Watts
Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. Or perhaps the lack of it. When a lap dancer fears she's being stalked by a regular punter and the local 'gentleman's' club faces closure,...
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Opening Lines (Series 14: Episode 1)
Reader: Trevor White
A return of the series which gives first-time and emerging short story writers their radio debut. Unspoken tensions between a husband and wife escalate during a harsh Alaskan winter in this...
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I Refuse: Hamid in the Playhouse
Reader: Joanna Tope
New short story by the award-winning author Helen Dunmore. A woman in her sixties faces a terrible dilemma when she discovers a student from the neighbouring block of flats hiding in her...
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Baby Powder and Perfume: The Punter (Episode 1)
Reader: Ben Crowe
Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. Or perhaps the lack of it. When a lap dancer fears she's being stalked by a regular punter and the local 'gentleman's' club faces closure,...
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Maiden City Stories: Are You Going to Knock?
Reader: Patricia Levenson
Three new short stories, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to celebrate Derry~Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture, from some of the city's leading literary figures. Seamus Deane,...
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On the Brink: Four-Minute Warning
Reader: Siân Thomas
Fifty years ago, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war, as the US and Soviet leadership engaged in a military stand-off over missiles in Cuba. In Marina Lewycka's story, the second in a...
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Maiden City Stories: Peace Reigns Supreme
Reader: Sean McGinley
Three new short stories, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to celebrate Derry~Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture, from some of the city's leading literary figures. Seamus Deane,...
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Baby Powder and Perfume: The Punter's Wife (Episode 4)
Reader: Ben Crowe
Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. Or perhaps the lack of it. When a lap dancer fears she's being stalked by a regular punter and the local 'gentleman's' club faces closure,...
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The Apocalypse Clock: Two Short Stories
Reader: Lindsay Duncan
The Mayans predicted that the world will end on 21st December 2012. These specially commissioned short stories explore the nature of endings, seen through the eyes of a woman who loses everything...
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Opening Lines (Series 14: Episode 2)
Reader: Alex Lanipekun
A return of the series which gives first-time and emerging short story writers their radio debut. Jay Barnett's quirky story is about a dog you could set your watch to. Read by Alex Lanipekun. ...
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I Refuse: The Fire The Fire
Reader: Hisham Matar
Last in a series of short stories commissioned to mark the centenary of the birth of the American Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks. Illustrating moments of resistance, the stories are inspired by...
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Baby Powder and Perfume: The Club Owner (Episode 2)
Reader: Peter Wight
Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. Or perhaps the lack of it. When a lap dancer fears she's being stalked by a regular punter and the local 'gentleman's' club faces closure,...
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Opening Lines (Series 14: Episode 3)
Reader: Anthony Calf
A return of the series which gives first-time and emerging short story writers their radio debut. The ascent of a mountain assumes heightened significance for a climber in this poignant tale by...
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I Refuse: My Son, Emmett Till
Reader: Adjoa Andoh
First in a series of three short stories commissioned to mark the centenary of the birth of the American Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks, who famously refused to move seats on an Alabama bus to...
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Maiden City Stories: The Sacrifice
Reader: Laura Pyper
Three new short stories, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to celebrate Derry Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture, from some of the city's leading literary figures. Seamus Deane,...
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Comic Fringes: 'Sorry for Your Loss' (Episode 2)
Reader: James Acaster
Recorded live in front of an audience at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, James Acaster is the second of three literary comedians specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to write and perform...
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Dreadtime Stories: Living Space
Reader: Various
Dying for a new apartment? A young couple learn too late to trust their suspicions, when they find themselves caught in a trap devised by a demented genius. With less than an hour until they meet...
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The Other One (Episode 3)
Reader: Natasha Watson
By Oliver Emanuel. Following a DNA test to establish paternity, a mother and father have discovered that Laura, their twelve-year-old daughter, isn't biologically related to either of them. Now in...
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Dreadtime Stories: A Fungus Among Us
Reader: Various
Molds. Spores and fungus. As the first occupants of the planet earth they would reluctantly surrender their domain to plants, insects, and animals. But their surrender was not without a price....
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The Other One (Episode 1)
Reader: Natasha Watson
By Oliver Emanuel. A tense and moving drama, inspired by a set of exceptional true events, that explores the nature of identity and the notion of family. A twelve-year- old girl's world turns...
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Midsummer Tales: Count from the Splash (Episode 1)
Reader: Tracy Wiles
By Helen Dunmore. In Finland, at a party to celebrate midsummer night, a woman bumps into a friend from her childhood at a party. Read by Tracy Wiles.
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Dreadtime Stories: The Late Shift
Reader: Various
Ever wonder what the dead might have to say when they are alone with each other? It turns out that the dead are neither comical nor menacing. They are just tired and lost and in search of...
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