Short Works Episodes Available now
The Portal in Lisbon
By Baret Magarian. An academic has a strange experience in Portugal.
A Man Who Used to Have Friends by Jo茫o Morais
An original short story from Jo茫o Morais, read by Dean Rehman.
Dancing Ganesh
A frustrated climber seeks enlightenment in Kathmandu in a short work from Alan Spence.
Mudlarks
By Sophie Haydock. A junior doctor takes up mudlarking on London's River Thames.
The Centaur's Spectacles
A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.
Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle
Misunderstandings and miscommunications on a car journey in Dublin.
Something Borrowed
A story from Karen Campbell about love, choice and the delicate bonds of family.
The Bubble Bursts
The Bubble Bursts by Alex Preston. In the future, a man lives through multiple pandemics.
Boy by Clare Watson
A mother struggles to understand her autistic son.
Goosegrass by Emma Kane
A mother can鈥檛 help feeling left behind when her son announces his engagement.
