In Kirsty Logan’s new short work for Father's Day, Wilbur prepares to meet his dad for the very first time. But can he find the strength to face his fears?Read by Jessica HardwickProducer Ellie MarshKirsty Logan is an award winning novelist and short story writer. Her latest book, No & Other Love Stories, is a collection of dark love stories.A BBC Audio Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4.
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Shed
Amber claims she needs a place to store her bikes and she and her dad, Jim, are long overdue a bonding experience.What better way to finally get to know him than to spend a few weekends together in her garden building a shed from scratch, the old-fashioned way? It doesn't matter that they've barely spoken in 34 years. As long as they follow the instructions, what could possibly go wrong? But as the generation gap becomes a seismic shift, Amber and Jim's bonding experience soon descends into a furious battle of wills - one that threatens to damage relations between them forever.An epic family drama in miniature filled with twists and turns, as the source of the tensions in Amber and Jim's relationship is gradually revealed. Ultimately, both will learn a valuable lesson: that there's no instruction manual for parenthood.AMBER...................................Sacha Parkinson
JIM..............................................Pearce Quigley
CHARLIE....................................Nico Mirallegro
SUNITA......................................Lauren Patel
NARRATOR/ KEITH..............Jonathan KeebleWritten by Paolo Chianta
Sound design by Sharon Hughes
Production Co-ordinator Pippa Day
Producer/ Director Lorna NewmanA BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace
The first in a darkly comic new series about women and space, from the award-winning author Naomi Wood, written for BBC Radio 4,From disassociating astronauts to zero-gravity threesomes, explorations of nothingness to space lust and Pokemon hunts, this brilliantly original series with a feminist twist is a savagely funny take on the near future of women and space.Today: It's 2034 , and on a mission to mine valuable minerals, one astronaut's struggle with reality puts her team at risk...Find all 5 episode on BBC Sounds. Reader: Julianna Jennings
Writer: Naomi Wood is the author of three novels, including the award-winning Mrs Hemingway, and a short story collection, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things. She won the BBC National Short Story Award.
Producer: Justine Willett
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Safe From Harm
Thought-provoking winning drama by the inaugural Wales Writer in Residence award winner Rhiannon Boyle.Safe From Harm tells the frank and powerful story of Alys, a teacher and mother whose life unravels when a colleague is arrested for possessing indecent images of children. Unable to cope, Alys contacts a celibate paedophile in an attempt to better understand the danger they pose. Her primal urge to forever protect her children becomes so all consuming Alys slowly loses her grip on reality. Sian Reece-Williams (Hidden, Emerdale) plays Alys.The Wales Writer in Residence is a prestigious scheme, aimed at furthering a writer’s career across stage, sound and screen. It is a partnership between BBC Cymru Wales and National Theatre Wales, along with BBC Writersroom Wales, with the intention of supporting new writing talent.Alys ….. Sian Reece-WilliamsChristian ….. Oliver RyanIanto ….. Sion PritchardMum ….. Rhian MorganTyler ….. Alfie FordTaya ….. Nerys StocksKyden ….. Iolo ReynoldsSound design was by Catherine RobinsonSafe From Harm was a BBC Writersroom Wales productionDirected by Helen Perry
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Devils
Gary Lilburn, Jane Whittenshaw , Georgia Henshaw and Jonathan Forbes star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal. After years away from home, Nicholai Stavrogin returns to his old home town bringing with him the radical ‘free-thinkers’ of Petersburg, hell-bent on causing civil unrest. Dramatised by Melissa Murray.Stepan ..... Gary Lilburn
Mrs Stavrogina ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Nicholai ..... Joseph Arkley
Pyotr ..... Jonathan Forbes
Darya ..... Charlotte East
Virginsky ..... Ian Dunnett Jr
Krillov ..... Hasan Dixon
Shatov ..... Stefan Adegbola
Lisa ..... Cecilia Appiah
Marya ..... Georgia HenshawWritten by Melissa Murray
Directed by Carl Prekopp
Produced by Marc Beeby and Anne Isger
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