Steven feels settled and accepted in the village, until Pepe, his lover's ex-husband, starts causing trouble for him. Show more
Mudo can't hear the talk of the crew on the fishing boat at sea, but he's with them to perform one particular task. Show more
Itzel is weighed down with a secret, something all-too-human she witnessed by the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Show more
Kim Cattrall reads Ira Levin's classic best-selling horror about a young, newly married couple who move into a fashionable Manhattan block which harbours a terrifying secret. Show more
By Morven Crumlish. Two women meet up prior to a university reunion in a funny story about women's friendships, nostalgia and life not turning out as planned. Read by Polly Frame. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. 'Mother' tracks Cedar down to the Ojibwe reservation. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Cedar is nearly full-term and confined in the heavily guarded Stillwater Birthing Centre. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Despite increasing levels of panic across the country, Cedar sets out to meet her birth mother for the first time. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Cedar learns more about her birth family and their life on the Ojibwe reservation. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Cedar is in a high security maternity hospital. Both her families join forces to plan a breakout. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. It is the day of the planned hospital breakout. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Following the hospital breakout, Cedar and Tia are hiding at the recycling plant. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. With rumours of martial law afoot, Cedar prepares for the emergency and goes for an ultrasound. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. With pregnant women being rounded up, Phil helps Cedar to go into hiding. Show more
By Louise Erdrich. Eddy visits the house to make plans for Cedar's escape across the border into Canada. Show more
3/4. Spine by Anita Sullivan. A mother and son must run the gauntlet of high-tech security, and severe travel-restrictions, to leave their homeland in search of a better life. Show more
4/4. Inertia by Melissa Lee-Houghton. Mr McManus wakes up in hospital and discovers that the healthcare provision he’s been paying for is not at all as expected. Show more
Goodnight, Vienna
A Bird in Vienna
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
An old woman in America remembers a moment from her Viennese childhood in the 1930s. Read by Eleanor Bron. From January 2015. Show more
Short story by Heidi Amsinck. In the small hours, Bent is woken from his vodka-slumbers in the kitchen of a Copenhagen hotel by a peculiar call from the old penthouse suite. Show more
Short story by Alex Wheatle. In 1987, the writer visits Jamaica and meets his father for the first time since he was two. But the meeting is charged with conflicting emotions. Show more