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Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more with Andrew Marston, including:

• An exclusive interview with the Oswestry's filmmakers behind the hit post-apocalyptic drama, 'The End Of All Things', which has landed on Amazon Prime this week.

• It's the biggest killer of men under the age of 50, and the UK construction trade makes up 50% of that figure - we're Talking Tradesman - a new podcast, made in Stourport, that aims to prevent suicide.

• We're with an 86-year-old author, from Market Drayton. Chris Lowe was called up for National Service when he was 19 and spent 13 years in the Territorial Army before working as a headteacher for the next three decades. He's just penned a brand new book - while being completely blind.

• King of Comedy Reginald D Hunter is on - ahead of his show at the Courtyard in Hereford - recounting his first-ever gig and offering words of wisdom to the next wave of comedians.

• Hearing snippets from the Joe Gilligan Trust Podcast, made in Stoke-on-Trent, which shares inspirational stories for young adults undergoing cancer treatment.

• Heading into poetry corner with a prolific Birmingham poet who uses his art to help with his mental health.

• An emotional radio comedy from creative writing student Aarushi Shetty, from Warwick, with character Charity Quin sharing the news of a new job to her grandparents.

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Image credit: Andrew Gale / The End Of All Things