
True Turk
Reader: Grant O'Rourke
One of a series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2010. A wise gypsy wrestler comes to the aid of a couple whose relationship is threatened by their...
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Winter Storm (Afternoon Drama)
Reader: John Gordon Sinclair
On a Midwinter's day in Iowa in 1996, Scottish poet Andrew Younger steps from his office on a university campus and is engulfed by a severe blizzard. Lost and disorientated, Andrew muses upon the...
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Haywards Heath (BBC National Short Story Award 2010)
Memories of a lost love lead to a much anticipated reunion, but things do not turn out as expected.The BBC National Short Story Award 2010 administered in partnership with Booktrust.
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The Colour of Milk
Reader: Carly Bawden
The Colour of Milk adapted from her novel by Nell Leyshon. It's 1830. Mary is fifteen. She lives a quiet life on a farm with her mother and father. She's never spent a night away from her home,...
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Zombies in New York: Tar
Reader: Stephanie Cannon
The discovery of wolf remains in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles is the trigger for a fanatical cult to try and reincarnate their werewolf god. Author Sam Stone writes: 'I always wondered what...
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The Other One (Episode 2)
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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Making Contact
Reader: Liam Brennan
By Andrew Greig. Read by Liam Brennan. A poet reflects upon a romantic encounter from his youth, which taught him the value of language and the nature of identity. First in a series of stories...
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28 (Afternoon Drama)
Reader: Joseph Cohen-Cole
Nathan, a schoolteacher tainted by connection with a terrorist, is detained for 28 days and then released without charge. In the 28 days following his release he tries to recover his former life...
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The Janitor (BBC Radio 4: Afternoon Play)
Reader: Cast
A morality tale from BBC Radio 4's 'Afternoon Play' slot, about a struggling chef in Salford. 'The Janitor' was originally broadcast on 6 May 2011.Kevin is struggling to keep his new restaurant...
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The Last Tsar (Afternoon Drama)
Reader: Derek Jacobi
Ian Curteis's drama examines an enduring mystery of the First World War - the apparent refusal of King George V to give sanctuary in England to his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his young family after...
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The iHole (BBC International Short Story Award 2012)
Reader: Andrew Scott
It is fall, 2000. Frank Bascombe, fifty-five, settled in his realty business in Sea-Clift, New Jersey, has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life....
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Joe Dunthorne: Carl Inglestone, Life Model
Reader: Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne reads his new short story 'Carl Inglestone: Life Model' to an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. His hilarious coming-of-age novel Submarine, set in Swansea, was made...
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The Elves and the Shoemaker
Reader: Tamsin Greig
The shoemaker can only afford the leather to make one more pair. He cuts it and lays it on his workbench - and the next morning, there are two perfectly-finished shoes! But who can have made them?...
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Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (Episode 3, Series 2)
Reader: Various
Series 2 of the sociable show in which Arthur Smith invites the audience into his Balham flat for comedy, music and entertainment.In Episode 3, Arthur’s house guests are comedian and rapper...
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Tom Thumb Redux
Reader: Ron Cook
Research biologist Tom Latimer is losing his funding, his waistline and his young second wife Val. But his problems are about to get smaller - an awful lot smaller. Directed by Marc Beeby.
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What Might Have Been (Afternoon Drama)
Reader: Stephen Rea
This drama by Joseph O'Connor is inspired by the story of Joseph and Bridget Moore, real-life Irish immigrants, as they struggle to cope with life in a New York tenement on the Lower East Side in...
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Take Me to the North Laine
Reader: Jeff Rawle
The last in a short series of stories that each take us to a different part of the UK. He hasn't told anyone, but today is Charles' last early shift, sweeping the streets of the North Laine in...
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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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Shakespeare: Macbeth
Reader: Simon Russell Beale
Shakespeare's notorious 'Scottish play' describes how ambition, lust for power, and the prophecy of three evil witches transform a brave nobleman into a traitor and murderous tyrant. Retold by...
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Zombies in New York: Angels Love Vampires
Reader: Stephanie Cannon
Teaching an angel all about love seems a good idea until Lucrezia finds herself the object of too much desire. Author Sam Stone writes: 'The title came to me first: angels and vampires - now...
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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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Chitting
Reader: Melody Grove
By Elizabeth Buchan. Read by Melody Grove. Twelve-year-old Edie is not happy. Her mum's going away for a week which means she has to go to her grandmother's house after school. Worse still, she'll...
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Hindenburg (Afternoon Drama)
Reader: Siân Phillips
Helen Ashbourne, a reclusive English former photographer living in New York, is approached by gallery owner Josh, who hopes to display her collection of photographs taken aboard the airship...
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The Moment You Feel It (BBC Radio 4: Afternoon Play)
Reader: Full Cast
A tender and sad BBC Radio 4 comedy drama about losing your past, starring Richard Briers. 'The Moment You Feel It' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 18 May 2009.Alf's memories...
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Edward, Edward
Reader: Kenneth Cranham
A two-hander about Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey starring brilliant young actors Oscar Kennedy and Izzy Meikel Small, first seen together in the BBC's recent Great Expectations. Aged just nine...
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