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By Nick Walker. Newly-released from prison, Kieran wants to apologise to Gina.

By Nick Walker. In prison, Kieran had time to reflect on his past mistakes. Newly released, he aims to make amends to Gina …

Five wry stories on the nature of and need for apology, by Nick Walker, the writer of Annika Stranded.

Making Amends is a therapeutic process that encourages people to recognise behaviour in their past which, because of addiction problems, goes against their values and standards. But the need to make amends and apologise for lapses of behaviour is not just confined to the addicted.

2/5. Kieran
In prison, Kieran had time to reflect on his past mistakes. Newly released, he aims to make amends to Gina.

Nick Walker is the writer of Annika Stranded, which ran for six seasons on BBC Radio 4 between 2013 and 2020. Annika - a TV version - will be broadcast in 2021. He has also written two critically-acclaimed novels , Blackbox and Helloland. His plays and other short stories for radio include The First King of Mars, Life Coach and Stormchasers.

Writer: Nick Walker
Reader: Stuart McQuarrie
Sound Design: Jon Calver
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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