Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dear Herbert | 20180920 | 20200503 (R4) | Five commissioned short stories to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In Dear Herbert by Simon Van Booy, an elderly uncle at the Nutmeg Care Home hopes his young nephew will visit him more often. He writes to him, explaining the current situation. How to believe this! Reader Oliver Ford Davies Producer Duncan Minshull By Simon Van Booy. An uncle wants his nephew to visit him more often. Five commissioned short stories to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In Dear Herbert by Simon Van Booy, an elderly uncle at the Nutmeg Care Home hopes his young nephew will visit him more often. He writes to him, explaining the current situation. How to believe this! Reader Oliver Ford Davies Producer Duncan Minshull By Simon Van Booy. An uncle wants his nephew to visit him more often. |
| Dog In A Hole | 20180921 | 20200510 (R4) | Five commissioned short stories to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In Dog In A Hole by Amy Sackville, she takes him to the Prado to see the Goya pictures - ' black hats and black masses, witches and devil goats..' - where one particular image will stay in their minds for ever more. Reader Miranda Raison Producer Duncan Minshull Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award |
| Spectacles | 20180918 | 20200419 (R4) | Five commissioned short stories by leading writers to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In 'Spectacles' by Tom Rachman, Norah is bemused to discover that husband Gary appears to be wearing her glasses. Why is this happening? And what is to be done about it? Reader Barbara Flynn Producer Duncan Minshull Norah learns something about her husband Gary in the dead of night. Five commissioned short stories by leading writers to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In 'Spectacles' by Tom Rachman, Norah is bemused to discover that husband Gary appears to be wearing her glasses. Why is this happening? And what is to be done about it? Reader Barbara Flynn Producer Duncan Minshull Norah learns something about her husband Gary in the dead of night. |
| Synsepalum | 20180919 | 20200426 (R4) | Five commissioned short stories by leading writers to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In Synsepalum by Irenosen Okojie, the tailor in a pop-up atelier makes eye-catching dresses for his adoring clients - 'the designs rose from dark undulating slipstreams as if in resurrection'. But there is a price to pay for this adulation.. Reader Nikki Amuka-Bird Producer Duncan Minshull By Irenosen Okojie. A mysterious tailor makes fantastic frocks for his clients. Five commissioned short stories by leading writers to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In Synsepalum by Irenosen Okojie, the tailor in a pop-up atelier makes eye-catching dresses for his adoring clients - 'the designs rose from dark undulating slipstreams as if in resurrection'. But there is a price to pay for this adulation.. Reader Nikki Amuka-Bird Producer Duncan Minshull By Irenosen Okojie. A mysterious tailor makes fantastic frocks for his clients. |
| White Squares | 20180917 | 20200412 (R4) | Five commissioned short stories to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In White Squares by last year's winner, Cynan Jones, a man hunts ducks from the river bank as they begin their journey downstream. His reasons for doing this are unusual, poignant.. Reader Stephen Campbell Moore Producer Duncan Minshull. A man is duck shooting. But why? Five commissioned short stories to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award: In White Squares by last year's winner, Cynan Jones, a man hunts ducks from the river bank as they begin their journey downstream. His reasons for doing this are unusual, poignant.. Reader Stephen Campbell Moore Producer Duncan Minshull. A man is duck shooting. But why? |