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A groundbreaking new series capturing contemporary life across the UK with bitesize dramas, monologues, poetry and song. Each episode features five shorts works by five writers from across the parts of the UK and each episode responds to a different theme.

Episode 2: Sheltering

BRANDLESHOLME

When Greta gets her first visit from her local befriending service, the person who turns up really isn’t what she expected.

Written by Shahid Iqbal Khan
Performed by Sue Jenkins and Abdullah Afzal
Sound Design by Eloise Whitmore
Produced by Polly Thomas and Dermot Daly

COUNTY DOWN

A busker working an underpass takes in the months and years of his life making music for passing crowds.

Written by Stephen Sexton
Performed by Stephen Hagan
Sound Design Lucinda Mason Brown
Produced by Celia de Wolff

GORBALS

Iain lives for Sunday afternoons. That’s when he goes to his local Toolshed – a place to create and to talk, a place to escape to. But when he finds out it’s going to be shut down, Iain’s past begins to haunt his every thought.

Written by Andy Edwards
Performed by Gavin Mitchell, Matthew Barker and Dani Heron
Sound Design by Joanne Willott
Produced by Kirsty Williams

WRECSAM

A young woman waits at the village bus stop, taking in the world around her when she realises she’s standing next to someone from her past.

Written and performed by Rachel Harper
Sound Design by Nigel Lewis
Produced by John Norton and James Robertson

SEAFORD

Poetic and moving meditation on living through a pandemic.

Written by Danusia Samal
Performed by Sam Dale, Eliza Collings, Danusia Samal and Tia Bannon
Sound Design Lucinda Mason Brown
Produced by Celia de Wolff

Programme Illustration by Eleanor Hibbert
Original Music composed by Niroshini Thambar

Sheltering was curated by Kirsty Williams for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland, Pier Productions, Naked Productions and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru-Wales for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.

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