NSSA 2024 - Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin

Lauren Layfield presents this year's special showcase of the five shortlisted stories for the 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award.Alongside the 20th anniversary of the National Short Story Award, this year's BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University is open to all writers betw ...  Show more

A newly commissioned story from Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments and the 1993 Booker Prize winner, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.Read by Liam Carney Produced by Nicola HollowayPodcast presented by Rick Woska 

A mystery writer teams up with a world-famous detective over Halloween to investigate a horrifying murder. Featuring newly remastered audio from BBC Radio, Halloween Party was directed by Enyd Williams and features John Moffatt, Stephanie Cole, Alexandra Bastedo, Sian Jenkins, an ...  Show more

Three years on from Heawood's dramatic disappearance at Pleasant Green, Kennedy has lost hope of ever seeing him again. Following the dramatic end to The Shadow Over Innsmouth, she has travelled extensively, following apparent leads, and there is no trace of him. But then a myste ...  Show more

This week on The News Quiz the panel unpack Sue Gray's cabinet exit, the arrival of man (and possible Irish Law firm) Morgan McSweeney and James Cleverly pipped at the post.Written by Geoff NorcottWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, James Farmer, Tom Mayhew and Christina Ri ...  Show more

Simon Evans, Ria Lina, Glenn Moore, and Coco Khan join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the news.This week on The News Quiz the panel look towards a cold winter for pensioners, an early fall for prisoners, and try to figure out exactly what was being said during the US Presidential debate.W ...  Show more