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Two People Shorten the Road by Rosemary Jenkinson

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Picking up an unusual passenger leads to a race against time for one unsuspecting taxi driver.

Julie Maxwell reads an original short story for BBC Radio 4 from Northern Irish writer, Rosemary Jenkinson.

Rosemary Jenkinson is a playwright and short story writer from Belfast. Winner of The Sunday Tribune's Hennessy Award for New Irish Writing, she has published several short story collections including 'Contemporary Problems Nos. 53 & 54', ' Aphrodite's Kiss' and 'Catholic Boy'.

Her work for radio includes 'Castlereagh to Kandahar' (BBC Radio 3) and 'The Blackthorn Tree' (BBC Radio 4).

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018. Show less

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