BBC Radio 4 - Short Works

Happiness by Chetna Maroo

Uma would be happy if she wasn't haunted by her school reports.

In the glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland, a stubborn recluse waits for her great-nephew.

A powerful new story for radio by the author of 2021 breakthrough novel, little scratch

New short fiction from Rhys Davies Prize winner Naomi Paulus, read by Lowri Izzard.

A family holiday to France takes an unexpected detour. Written by Olivia Fitzsimons.

A stag night with a difference in a story by award-winning Gurnaik Johal

A story about drunken priests, stone walls and living saints.

A long-suffering secondary school drama teacher holds auditions for the end of year show.

The lost landscapes of our past, explored through a childhood in Cardiff.

By Heidi Amsinck. A man takes a job in a very unusual bakery in Copenhagen.