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...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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.