Pier Shorts [Afternoon Reading]

Episodes

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01Ghost Train2008031720091213 (R4)Stories by new writers, inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier.

By Ambreen Hameed, read by Nina Wadia.

A young Muslim girl has a devastating experience on a school trip to Brighton. Haunted by the past, she finds herself mysteriously drawn back to the pier 20 years later.

By Ambreen Hameed. A young Muslim girl, haunted by the past, returns to the pier.

02Love Lessons From Cephalopods2008031820091220 (R4)By Kay Sexton. A marine scientist challenges a Russian gangmaster to a swimming contest.
03Don't Turn Around2008031920091227 (R4)By Marian Garvey. On a fun weekend, Lexy discovers that all is not quite as it seemed.
04Four Battenburgs2008032020100103 (R4)Stories by new writers, inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier.

By Michael Odell.

All teachers want a bright class, but can a child be too clever by half? Little Tommy Spence turns a school model-making project into a life-or-death situation.

Read By Stephen Tompkinson.

By Michael Odell. Tommy turns a school model-making project into a life-or-death situation

05Symbiosis2008032120100110 (R4)Stories by new writers, inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier.

By Tom Fox.

Harold and Mary haved lived together in the same Brighton house for 50 years. Harold makes all the decisions and Mary cannot leave the house - until a wrongly posted women's magazine lands on the doorstep.

Read by Sian Thomas.

By Tom Fox. Harold and Mary's lives are changed by a wrongly posted women's magazine.