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Five Thousand Lads a Year

Episode 2 of 3

By Jenn Ashworth. A prison's confident writer-in-residence always succeeds with his workshops, but one new client has a chilling effect on him. Read by Paul Hilton.

This returning series features three emerging novelists who have been well praised and won prizes but haven't until now written short stories for radio. Ned Beauman (author of Boxer, Beetle and The Teleportation Accident), Jenn Ashworth (Cold Light and The Friday Gospels) and Ali Shaw (The Man Who Rained, The Girl with Glass Feet) make their story debuts for Radio 4.

2. Five Thousand Lads a Year
In Jenn Ashworth's tale, the confident writer always succeeds with his workshops, but one new client has a chilling effect on him..

Reader Paul Hilton

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 23 Aug 2017 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Writer Jenn Ashworth
Reader Paul Hilton
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Jan 2014 15:45
  • Wed 23 Aug 2017 11:00
  • Wed 23 Aug 2017 21:00