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Short Works Episodes

  1. Portrait: Eric Gill Dreaming

    By Alison MacLeod. The artist Eric Gill dreams about his work and life.

  2. What Does the Fox Say?

    A story of cluttered gardens, rotting memories and the many possible uses of a brick.

  3. The Boundary by Jhumpa Lahiri

    Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri's tale of a teenage girl in a remote village.

  4. Letter from Eurydice

    Eurydice's view on love and death from Hades. By Natalie Haynes.

  5. Granny Flat

    By Cameron Raynes. Dan's son is leaving, but might his dad take over the flat?

  6. The Last Pair of Jordans

    On Christmas Eve, a beleaguered father searches for a present for his teenage son.

  7. Neighbours of Zero

    By Peter Bradshaw. The perils of the betting shop are comically revealed.

  8. Hold Me in Your Light by Harry Baker

    Dan is at his own stag do but feels anxious about the marriage.

  9. The Curse

    By Agnieszka Dale. Things come to a head over dinner with Annie's in-laws.

  10. The Midnight Sandwich

    A story of twin sisters and midnight feasts from Irish writer-performer Eva O'Connor.

  11. Run

    Short story by Ruth Thomas, read by Alexandra Mathie.

  12. Hurricane Season

    Maxine Beneba Clarke's specially written short story about the fallout from a hurricane.

  13. Firecracker

    Fiery flash fiction by Marietta Kirkbride about magic bars, mojitos and house fires.

  14. My Chemo Brain

    By Susmita Bhattacharya. The author's life after breast cancer and chemotherapy.

  16. The Unknown

    A year after her husband's death, Evelyn learns a stranger has been posing as his widow.

  17. Swim

    Short story by Emma Flint, author of acclaimed debut novel Little Deaths.

  18. Joseph

    In a story by David Szalay, two men take up their customary positions by the water's edge.

  19. Boys Grown Tall

    An original short work for radio by the playwright and film-maker Matt Grinter.

  20. Cut and Paste

    By Anya Lipska. An unusual student shadows Cassie's work in the mortuary.

  21. Mind How You Go

    A young man working in a London hotel struggles with an elderly co-worker called Nollaig.

  22. The Loop

    Story by Linda Cracknell. A retired cyclist helps a friend's son deal with a sad loss.

  23. The Bridgewalker

    Jamie Parker reads Sarah Hall's story set in a rural town in America's Northwest.

  24. The Volunteer

    An original short work for radio by Anthony Anaxagorou.

  25. The New World

    By Federica Lugaresi. Events make Gustav remember the Prague of his youth.

  26. The Road to True Love

    Once, the road to true love ran through the townland of Faha in the west of Ireland.

  27. Super Rich Kids

    Molly McGrann's story pulls back the curtain on the lives of the extremely wealthy.

  28. The Storyteller by Julianne Pachico

    A Colombian summer's evening takes an unexpected turn.

  29. The Beautiful Girl by Sophie Townsend

    As a teenager, Sophie was bookish, keen, but her daughter is more interested in make-up.

  30. Companions

    By Adam Marek. A young man confides in his grandmother about his robot partner.

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