A ground-breaking series capturing contemporary life across the UK with bitesize dramas, monologues, poetry and song. Each episode features five short works by writers from across the UK, and each episode responds to a different theme. In this episode - Laughing.

Llanelli
Is Enfy's dog laughing at her? Or perhaps he knows something she doesn't?

Written by Julie Ma
Performed by Di Botcher
Sound Design by Nigel Lewis
Produced by Emma Harding

Hereford
We follow a queer working class man growing up in rural Herefordshire, and the laughs that teach him what it is to be a man.

Written by 1990s Chris
Performed by 1990s Chris and Charlie Staunton
Sound Design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton
Produced by Celia de Wolff

Coleraine
If you were asked to sum up your career in eight minutes, what would you talk about? The promotions, the workload, the Christmas do's? Or your friends and the day to day of the job? For this NI police officer, she is doing just that, focusing on the smallest yet most important points of her career in the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Written by Rachel Wilkinson
Performed by Lloyd Hutchinson and Riona O Connor
Sound design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton
Produced by Celia de Wolff

Caputh
Farmer and stand-up comedian, Jim Smith, muses on single life in rural Perthshire.

Written and performed by Jim Smith
Produced by Gaynor McFarlane

Digbeth
A man flows about smiling and laughing through the shifts of life, reminding us to take responsibility for choices. A grime rhythm articulating the triumph of pushing through.

Written and performed by RTKal
Music Engineer: Rowan Coleing
Produced by Polly Thomas and Yusra Warsama

Programme illustration by Eleanor Hibbert
Original Music composed by Niroshini Thambar

Curated by Celia de Wolff for Pier Productions, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland, and Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4 Show less