Dan struggles to focus on finding work and instead gets distracted by the waiter at his local café. Meanwhile, Joy is offloading her emotional and physical baggage on Carla.
As Dan struggles to find work and Carla struggles to contain Joy’s anxiety, the cracks in their relationship are getting hard to ignore.
Dan and Carla are a couple at a crossroads. Carla wonders if the two of them trapped in a pokey flat is all she can expect from life, while Dan has a chat with his boss.
Dan is feeling insecure about his body and heads out on a shopping spree. But his anxiety isn’t helped when Carla runs into an old flame - and brings her home to reminisce.
It’s the evening of Joy and Kurt’s important dinner. Dan and Carla have drifted further apart than ever, and Maya is getting closer to Carla – is Dan too absorbed in his own crisis to notice?
BBC Comedy Short Films
Birdsong
12 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three
Available for years
A short film by Uncle Shortbread about the dangers of sleep deprivation, the brutality of the music industry and the power of Iggy Pop’s hip thrust.