Shorts is a short-form audio drama with a different story each week.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Ben Kearns, Paul Beeson, Sarah Champion and Tanya Rich.
Written by Ben Burrell.
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During our between-season break, we'll bring you episodes from our sister show From An Island in this feed.
From An Island is the story of a dystopian regime falling apart, told from ‘found’ audio files, ranging from voice notes to news reports.
Written and produced By Ben Burrell
Co-production from Jack Frost
Cast:
Will Sussex - Paul Beeson
Melissa Bradley - Lisa Armytage
Jade Hampshire - Emmy Fyles
Narrator - Claire Sturgess
News Reader - Emma Jones
Script editor - Louise Burrell
Art - Carl Frazer-Lunn
Original music - Wintermeyer
Thanks to Jordan Drury
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24 Sept 2025
From An Island Part III
During our between-season break, we'll bring you episodes from our sister show From An Island in this feed.
From An Island is the story of a dystopian regime falling apart, told from ‘found’ audio files, ranging from voice notes to news reports.
Written and produced By Ben Burrell
Co-production from Jack Frost
Cast:
Will Sussex - Paul Beeson
Melissa Bradley - Lisa Armytage
Jade Hampshire - Emmy Fyles
Narrator - Claire Sturgess
News Reader - Emma Jones
Script editor - Louise Burrell
Art - Carl Frazer-Lunn
Original music - Wintermeyer
Thanks to Jordan Drury
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16 Sept 2025
From An Island Part II
During our between-season break, we'll bring you episodes from our sister show From An Island in this feed.
From An Island is the story of a dystopian regime falling apart, told from ‘found’ audio files, ranging from voice notes to news reports.
Written and produced By Ben Burrell
Co-production from Jack Frost
Cast:
Will Sussex - Paul Beeson
Melissa Bradley - Lisa Armytage
Jade Hampshire - Emmy Fyles
Narrator - Claire Sturgess
News Reader - Emma Jones
Script editor - Louise Burrell
Art - Carl Frazer-Lunn
Original music - Wintermeyer
Thanks to Jordan Drury
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9 Sept 2025
From An Island Part I
During our between-season break, we'll bring you episodes from our sister show From An Island, in this feed.
From An Island is the story of a dystopian regime falling apart, told from ‘found’ audio files, ranging from voice notes to news reports.
Written and produced By Ben Burrell
Co-production from Jack Frost
Cast:
Will Sussex - Paul Beeson
Melissa Bradley - Lisa Armytage
Jade Hampshire - Emmy Fyles
Narrator - Claire Sturgess
News Reader - Emma Jones
Script editor - Louise Burrell
Art - Carl Frazer-Lunn
Original music - Wintermeyer
Thanks to Jordan Drury
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26 Aug 2025
A Company Man
SEASON FINALE: A man seeks revenge after a lengthy jail term, but what he didn’t expect was to receive a life-changing
offer from the person who put him there.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Ben Kearns, Stuart Mackie-Ellis. Paul Beeson and Tom Davies.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'There's always a siren. Singing you to shipwreck'
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19 Aug 2025
Opinion Radio
A documentary team spends 24 hours at a right-wing radio station; however, when an on-air host is threatened with murder, we start to see what is going on behind the scenes.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Tanya Rich, Oli Ing and Ben Kearns.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie'
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12 Aug 2025
First Day Back
When a section chief for MI6 returns to work after a leave of absence, she has the chance to settle an old
score. However, after a big decision, she realises she has put one of her own agents in grave danger…
and the clock is ticking.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Paul Beeson, Stuart Mackie-Ellis, Tanya Rich and Ben Kearns.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'It's a blue bright blue Saturday'.
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5 Aug 2025
Nepo Baby
A woman is arrested for murder, but when she’s interviewed, it becomes increasingly clear a murder
charge isn’t the most worrying thing for her right now.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Paul Beeson and Ben Kearns.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind'.
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29 Jul 2025
The Admin Department of the Great British Party For British People of Great Britain
Set in the admin department of a totalitarian government, disillusioned party worker Jayne Adams is tasked with setting up a new auditory database of murdered traitors. However, when the database gets erased, she and her team must recreate the blood-curdling audio before their ruthless leader finds out.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Sarah Champion and Ben Kearns.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'All the people stuck behind / Dead bolts and steel plates'.
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29 Jul 2025
(don’t) Panic (don’t) Panic (don’t) Panic
During a hotly contested election between an extremist monster and a level-headed career politician, a team of journalists uncover the story of a lifetime… the only problem is, it might hand the election to the monster.
Starring: Jayne Sharp, Paul Beeson, Stuart Mackie-Ellis, Ben Kearns and Tom Davies.
Written and Produced by Ben Burrell.
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'Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king'
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9 Jul 2025
Shorts Trailer
Season one of Shorts is coming soon....
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