Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008
Readings of the stories short-listed for this year's BBC National Short Story Award, which has attracted more than 600 submissions and includes entries by some of the biggest names in British fiction. The stories are read by a selection of the nation's leading acting talent.
Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008 - Guidelines for Measures to Cope with Disgraceful and Other Events
An MEP confronts the consequences of his ill-advised affair with a young and nubile Russian. As scandal threatens his marriage and his political reputation, events take an unpleasant turn.
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Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008 - Surge
Olaf and his friends climb the 300 foot high surge tank. And Olaf's sister Greta, makes her way into a house abandoned by its Japanese occupants when they were shipped out by the authorities.
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Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008 - The Names
A Swedish man looks back on his life and regrets the moment of a missed opportunity. He also reveals his obsession with Hubert Cros a yound man who fell victim to the Nazis.
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Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008 - The Numbers
A woman living on a remote island finds an abandoned baby and takes it in. The baby's father comes looking for the child and is the cause of its death.
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Afternoon Reading - The National Short Story Award 2008 - The People on Privilege Hill
Sir Edward Feathers has been invited to a lunch party where the guest of honour is an elusive monk.
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