Series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news
By Laura Wade. With a swine flu pandemic increasingly likely, the spotlight is thrown on an anxious couple newly returned from Mexico.
DetailsAs Iran waits for election results to be recounted, and in Britain an inquiry is announced into the Iraq War, April de Angelis looks at secrecy in the region.
DetailsAs experts begin the exhumation of up to 400 unknown WWI soldiers in the village of Fromelles, Bonnie Greer imagines the impact upon some of those involved.
DetailsJohn Fletcher creates a fictional response to the week's news.
DetailsSeries in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news. Comedian Robin Ince imagines a man with no interest in freebies.
DetailsAfter the elections became a fight for one man's survival, Alistair McGowan reads Patrick Neate's story about the greatest talent show on earth.
DetailsWith a nod to Chaucer, playwright Steve Waters takes us to the Parliament of Rooks, where the birds are having their own crisis of leadership.
DetailsOffbeat Poet Tim Key attempts to tackle the burning issues of the day, but gets distracted by England's World Cup qualifier with Andorra. With Tom Basden.
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