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A Survival Thing

A Survival Thing by Philippa Holloway, read by Catrin Powell. A middle-aged woman and a rejected teenager meet in a treetop – neither one knows quite what to make of the other.

A middle-aged woman’s secret tree climbing habit is disrupted by a group of teenage boys. When one of them is rejected by the group, he joins her in the branches.

An original short fiction for radio by Philippa Holloway, author of the The Half-life of Snails and the Parthian Books short story collection Untethered.

Reader: Catrin Powell
Sound: Nigel Lewis
Producer: John Norton

A BBC Audio Wales Production

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14 minutes

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  • Friday 15:45
  • Next Sunday 23:45