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  1. Today15:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Open Day by Ben MarkovitsBBC National Short Story Award 2019

    On a university open day, a mother faces up to her son leaving home.

  2. Today21:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Open Day by Ben MarkovitsBBC National Short Story Award 2019

    On a university open day, a mother faces up to her son leaving home.

  3. Tomorrow05:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Open Day by Ben MarkovitsBBC National Short Story Award 2019

    On a university open day, a mother faces up to her son leaving home.

  4. Tomorrow15:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Beans by Jan Carson

    A magical story about family, poverty and a bottomless can of baked beans.

  5. Tomorrow15:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Union Jacq by Bita Taghavi

    A story about self-discovery, courage and hope by Bita Taghavi.

  6. Tomorrow21:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Beans by Jan Carson

    A magical story about family, poverty and a bottomless can of baked beans.

  7. Saturday05:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Beans by Jan Carson

    A magical story about family, poverty and a bottomless can of baked beans.

  8. Sunday23:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Union Jacq by Bita Taghavi

    A story about self-discovery, courage and hope by Bita Taghavi.

  9. Next Friday15:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    My Sister Biira by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

    Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family. Read by Babirye Bukilwa.

  10. Next Friday15:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Nora's Abyss by Aimée Walsh

    Lou visits her elderly mother on a challenging day.

  11. Next Friday21:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    My Sister Biira by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

    Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family. Read by Babirye Bukilwa.

  12. Sat 11 Apr 202605:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    My Sister Biira by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

    Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family. Read by Babirye Bukilwa.

  13. Sun 12 Apr 202623:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Nora's Abyss by Aimée Walsh

    Lou visits her elderly mother on a challenging day.

  14. Fri 17 Apr 202615:45
    BBC Radio 4

    All the Brightest Colours by Rebecca F John

    Life's full of beauty and hardship for Annie, on the remote Welsh coast. By Rebecca F John

  15. Sun 19 Apr 202623:45
    BBC Radio 4

    All the Brightest Colours by Rebecca F John

    Life's full of beauty and hardship for Annie, on the remote Welsh coast. By Rebecca F John

  16. Fri 24 Apr 202615:45
    BBC Radio 4

    A Timeshare in the Heart by Michael Pedersen

    A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy’s trip to the Scottish seaside