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The Wire - 49 Donkeys Hanged
A surreal, dark comedy by Cornish writer Carl Grose about a farmer who hangs donkeys from trees on his land as his way of life is threatened and his farm is bankrupt.
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The Wire - Alex Tripped on My Fairy
Meredith Oakes's comedy about a man who suddenly and unexpectedly falls out of love with his beautiful young wife when they are having drinks with their new neighbours.
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The Wire - Castlereagh to Kandahar
Speedy and Stig are best mates and always in trouble. But now Stig is ready to exchange the streets of Belfast for those of Kandahar leaving a bereft Speedy to decide his own fate.
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The Wire - Dirty White Girl
Louise Wallwein's first radio play is inspired by a young woman she met in a workshop, a teenage racist whose life was upset by her attraction to an Asian boy.
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The Wire - DJs, Doormen and Dealers, by Jeffrey Caffrey
DJs, Doormen and Dealers, by Jeffrey Caffrey. A thriller set in a Manchester nightclub where footballers mingle with shop girls and everyone's a millionaire for the weekend.
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The Wire - Donna Love Bite
Donna Love Bite, by Gill Adams. Donna doesn't want to miss out on her first date with Stu, so decides she has no choice but to take her little sister Kylie with her.
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The Wire - Eye Witness, by Tom Kelly
This powerful and intensely personal piece digs deep into the author's brutalising experiences growing up on the streets of Belfast.
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The Wire - Gulf
Crazy golf takes on a whole new meaning in Mark Kotting's fiery portrait of a family in meltdown, as 30 years of smouldering tensions finally reach their flashpoint.
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The Wire - I Can See You
By Sarah Naomi Lee. Dawn's parents are black and white, but nothing is for her. A savagely comic look at the pleasure and pain of being mixed race in Britain today.
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The Wire - Life on the Edges
By Nicola Wilson. Deano has never met his grandmother, but his mother has committed suicide and he has been placed in her care. Alone together, they occupy their imaginary worlds.
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The Wire - Look Closer
By Michael Bhim. When community officer Alexander Aldgate is instructed to speak to a local man about his anti-social behaviour, he unearths a mystery.
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The Wire - Lucy Island
A new play written by Laura Lomas. Following her father's suicide and rejection by her only friend, Lucy makes a decision that has a profound effect on the world around her.
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The Wire - Lullaby of Shadows
By Andrea Earl. A psychological thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their newborn baby. With Lyndsey Marshal and Joe Caffrey.
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The Wire - Lump Boy Logan
In Chris Wilson's play an adolescent boy has a frightening relationship with his acne, a distant relationship with his father and a dismal view of his evil auntie Jeanette.
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The Wire - Me and Cilla
It's Christmas Eve and the Stephensons' party looks set to be a disaster. Will anyone come? Will the powerful truth in Cilla Black's lyrics help them make it through?
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The Wire - Moonmen
A space odyssey with a difference, this drama centres on a philosophical encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast.
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The Wire - My Glass Body
By Anna Furse. A contemplation of the astonishing and brutally painful experience of infertility, taking listeners on a poetic journey inside and outside the protagonist's body.
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The Wire - Nina Black
Melanie Harris's award-winning drama-documentary uses stories from research and interviews to potray a woman coping with severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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The Wire - Not Talking, by Mike Bartlett
Not Talking, by Mike Bartlett: Richard Briers and June Whitfield star in this touching play that asks what happens to a relationship when it becomes impossible to talk?
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The Wire - Nowt to Look at, by Valerie Laws
A tale about Annie, a rose-obsessed, disfigured recluse whose head now floats in a pathology museum jar, a spoilt boy and a shy flower of a girl.
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The Wire - People Snogging in Public Places
By Jack Thorne. A frank, bold and funny coming-of-age story about what happens when an uncle with learning difficulties moves in with his nephew's family.
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The Wire - Random
By Debbie Tucker-Green. A radio production of Debbie Tucker Green's stage play, first produced at the Royal Court in March 2008 and starring Nadine Marshall.
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The Wire - Random
Nadine Marshall plays four characters in a family whose ordinary day is shattered by unforeseen disaster. With Petra Letang, Richie Campbell, Manjeet Mann, Jill Cardo, Inam Mirza.
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The Wire - Rapture Frequency
By Abbie Spallen. Listening to the black box recording of an ill-fated transatlantic flight, analyst Michael Shorthall comes across an unexpected and mysterious sound.
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The Wire - Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: Adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's sci-fi black comedy set on Planet Porno, where any plant, animal or human can mate with any other species.
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The Wire - Side Effects
By Morna Pearson. A play developing the classical mythic theme of a young woman transformed into a tree, centring on a 15-year-old girl living in rural North East Scotland.
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The Wire - Sold on eBay
Van Badham's comedy in which a man puts his life up for sale on eBay and gets an offer he can't refuse. Cut off from his old life, he is propelled on a journey of self-discovery.
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The Wire - The Birth and Death of Daylight
The Birth and Death of Daylight, by Stephen Riley: A moving, funny and quirky play about friendship and family that follows three disaffected teenagers Keith, Janine and Ian.
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The Wire - The First Day of the Rest of My Life
By Martin Jameson. One morning, Toby wakes up as Dr Richard Jugg; the next day he is Deke, a homeless man. How are these events connected, and where will this nightmare end?
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The Wire - The First Domino
A specially adapted version of Jonathan Cash's award-winning play about violence and prejudice, written in response to the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in 1999.
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The Wire - The Gold Farmer
Alan Harris's dark fantasy about a man who has two lives. Terry is a clerk in a Cardiff law firm but also a warrior in an online game. But are his lives starting to converge?
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The Wire - The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body
By Ed Hime. Babak Beyrouti, famous Iranian sound recordist and agoraphobic, braves London in his quest for lost love.
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The Wire - The Lady of Kingsland Waste
J Parkes's story of love, death and redemption, recorded on location in Hackney. Four inner-city children discover the beauty of life when they become involved with a dying woman.
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The Wire - The Meek
Crime novelist and Hellblazer comic contributor Denise Mina's dark and surreal drama about a mother coming to terms with her child's disability. With Meg Fraser and Sarah Gordy.
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The Wire - The Number of the Dead
A work written for Radio 3 by Mark Lawson. Contains strong language. Newscaster Timothy Freeman faces a crisis when his son holds up a bank at gunpoint, demanding to speak to him live on air.
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The Wire - The Switch, by Ali Smith
The Switch, by Ali Smith: The story of George, a young electrician from the north of England who moves to Scotland, told in a sequence of songs, with words written by Ali Smith.
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The Wire - The Third Trial
When ex-soldier Matthew dies in a diving accident, his parents are forced to come to terms not only with a rising tide of grief, but also the ghost of responsibility.
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The Wire - Wes Bell, by Matthew Broughton
Wes Bell, by Matthew Broughton: A dark, compelling play about a lonely young man who finds a home amongst eccentric strangers, but draws dreadful conclusions about their lifestyle.
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The Wire - Why I Don't Hate White People
In a recording made in at a community centre in Salford, poet, playwright and broadcaster Lemn Sissay presents a humorous, rollercoaster investigation into race.
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