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"Dear Mum, we've been camping for a while now and even though sometimes I wish we had a TV and a proper bed, I'm getting really good at swimming in the sea and can hold my breath underwater for exactly 36 seconds".

An original short story for radio by Callum Mitchell. Based in West Cornwall, Callum was the recipient of the Nick Darke Talent Award 2020, before being selected for the 大象传媒 Writersroom Cornish Voices programme 2021. His radio piece 'Solomon Browne', written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, was shortlisted for the 2023 大象传媒 Audio Drama Awards. Callum has collaborated with filmmaker Mark Jenkin on a number of projects over the years, and was Assistant Director on his films Bronco鈥檚 House, Bait and Enys Men.

From Pembrokeshire to Penwith, Coastlines is a series of five original short stories for radio, each anchored at a different point along the coast of Wales and South West England.

'Peace in the Breaking Wave' is a musical setting of a poem by Alfred Noyes, 'Peace'. It is performed by Boilerhouse, a five-piece Cornish acapella group, and used with their kind permission.

Produced in Bristol by Mair Bosworth for 大象传媒 Audio