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

FALLING

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
Meet Bev – Essex’s only female nightclub bouncer – as she takes us for a stroll of Lucy Road.

Written and performed by Anne Odeke
Sound design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton
Produced by Celia de Wolff

ST WOOLOS
Two teenage friends break into a Newport cemetery at night. But one knows more about the afterlife than he’s letting on.

Written by Connor Allen
Performed by Jailen O’Daim, Ethan Watkins and Seren Medi Davies
Sound design by Nigel Lewis
Produced by Emma Harding

WHALSAY
Shetland’s past and present merge in a poem about history and injustice.

Written by Chloe Irvine
Performed by Marnie Baxter
Sound design by Joanne Willott
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

ORANGEFIELD
Chip shop worker Nicole spends her days frying up fish and daydreaming about finding her one true love.

Written by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns
Performed by Ellen McCormick and Tara Thomas
Sound design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton
Produced by Celia de Wolff

SCAR TOP
Barnard Castle is literally falling down – Ben and his mum have differing views on how to save it.

Written by Naomi Sumner Chan
Performed by Aaron Smith and Rachel Stockdale
Sound design by Jon Nicholls.
Produced by Polly Thomas and Yusra Warsama

Programme illustration by Eleanor Hibbert
Original Music composed by Niroshini Thambar
Falling was curated by Emma Harding for BBC Cymru Wales, Pier Productions, BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland, and Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4. Show less