A multi-contributor series of specially-commissioned radio stories about speed.
Short Rides In Fast Machines
The Bullet Racers
A reporter visits the village of Thaxtum-cum-Shyne to investigate reports of a strange occurrence at the annual race.
Writer: Adam Marek
Reader: Ben Crowe
The Fall Of Paris
A video-clip goes viral online with unforeseen and different consequences for the film-maker and his subject.
Writer: Toby Litt
Reader: Julian Rhind-Tutt
About Time
A writer’s research for a story about time machines takes him in some unusual directions.
Writer: Tania Hershman
Reader: Stephen Hogan
First Broadcast:
Friday 21st/28th November/5th December 2014 at 15:45 on BBC Radio 4
Production Credits:
Broadcast Assistant: Sarah Tombling
Sound Engineer: Jon Calver
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
Music: Short Ride In A Fast Machine by John Adams & performed by the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Early In The Morning by Heliotropes