Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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LS | 01 | The Wardrobe, The Old Man And Death | 20000327 | 20000604 | by Julio Ramon Ribeyro, read by Anton Lesser. A huge, mirrored wardrobe, central to family life, is damaged in a football game, bringing the narrator's childhood to an abrupt end. |
LS | 02 | The Queen | 20000328 | 20000611 | by Jose Emilio Pacheco, read by Gemma Saunders. Adelina dreams of becoming the next carnival queen, but then reality intrudes and spoils her carefully laid plans. |
LS | 03 | Don't Tell Her You Love Her | 20000329 | 20000618 | by Senel Paz, read by Joseph McFadden. A passionate story about politics and young love set against the backdrop of the newly formed Cuban Republic. |
LS | 04 | Love | 20000330 | 20000625 | by Clarice Lispector, read by Haydn Gwynne. Anna thought she had left the rebelliousness of her youth behind, but then the chance sighting of a blind man chewing gum throws her world into disarray. |
LS | 05 LAST | Taxi Driver Minus Robert De Niro | 20000331 | 20000702 | by Fernando Ampuero, read by Stephen Tompkinson. A taxi driver desperate to make some extra money is introduced to the bizarre trade of selling drunks to the highest bidder. |