Episodes
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| 01 | The Blitz Begins | 20220418 | 20240603 (BBC7) 20240604 (BBC7) | April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz. A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. 1941, the Belfast Blitz begins. April 1941: the Blitz is just beginning in Belfast. The lives of two sisters under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. |
| 02 | The Aftermath | 20220419 | 20240604 (BBC7) 20240605 (BBC7) | Audrey announces her engagement and Emma witness the aftermath of the air raid. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz. A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Audrey announces her engagement and Emma witnesses the air raid aftermath. Audrey gets engaged and Emma witnesses the air raid aftermath. Two sisters in wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. Audrey announces her engagement. |
| 03 | Discovery | 20220420 | 20240605 (BBC7) 20240606 (BBC7) | Emma finds the happiness she has been searching for. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz. A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Emma finds the happiness she has been searching for. The lives of two sisters under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. Emma grows closer to Sylvia. |
| 04 | The Dance | 20220421 | 20240606 (BBC7) 20240607 (BBC7) | The Floral Hall dance ends in panic as another air raid strikes. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz. A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. The Floral Hall dance ends in panic as another air raid strikes. Two sisters living in wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. The Floral Hall dance ends in panic. |
| 05 | Frontline | 20220422 | 20240607 (BBC7) 20240608 (BBC7) | Emma finds herself on the frontline witnessing the brutality of war. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz. A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Emma finds herself on the frontline witnessing the brutality of war. Two sisters under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. Emma finds herself on the frontline. |
| 06 | Companion | 20220425 | 20240610 (BBC7) 20240611 (BBC7) | Audrey arrives home with an unexpected companion. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Emma desperately searches for Sylvia. Audrey arrives home with an unexpected companion. Two sisters living through wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. |
| 07 | Waiting For News | 20220426 | 20240611 (BBC7) 20240612 (BBC7) | The Bell family wait anxiously for news on Maisie's family. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Is Maisie's mother still alive? The Bell family wait anxiously for news on Maisie's family. Two sisters living under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. |
| 08 | Interesting Acquaintance | 20220427 | 20240612 (BBC7) 20240613 (BBC7) | Florence meets an interesting acquaintance at a party and Audrey contemplates her imminent wedding. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Audrey contemplates her imminent wedding and Florence meets an acquaintance at a party. Audrey contemplates her wedding and Florence meets an acquaintance at a party. Tale of two sisters read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. |
| 09 | Secrets And Goodbyes | 20220428 | 20240613 (BBC7) 20240614 (BBC7) | Doreen finally confides her secret to Audrey and Florence says goodbye to an old friend. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Doreen finally confides her secret and Florence says goodbye to an old friend. Tale of two sisters read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. |
| 10 | Outrage | 20220429 | 20240614 (BBC7) 20240615 (BBC7) | Richard is outraged when Audrey refuses to marry him. April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman – as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, A timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Gemma McMullan A BBC Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4, First broadcast in April 2022. Richard is outraged when Audrey refuses to marry him. Tale of two sisters during wartime duress. Concluded by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, 'These Days' is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves. Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021 for All the People Were Mean and Bad. Author: Lucy Caldwell Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg Abridger: Rowan Routh Producer: Gemma McMullan Executive Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production. Audrey knows she must call the wedding off. |