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An awkward car journey to a Christian film festival takes an unexpected turn.

A visiting professor regrets offering a lift to a local woman whilst en route to a film festival. Read by Robert Glenister.

An original short story by the Northern Irish writer Wendy Erskine. 

A visiting professor regrets offering a lift to a local woman whilst en route to a film festival in County Antrim. 

Wendy Erskine works full-time as a secondary school teacher in Belfast. Her writing has appeared in several publications including 'The Stinging Fly' literary magazine and the anthology 'Female Lines: New Writing by Women from Northern Ireland'. Her debut short story collection, Sweet Home, was shortlisted for The Republic of Consciousness Prize, and  longlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize and The Edge Hill Prize.

Read by Robert Glenister

Produced by Celia de Wolff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.

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