Main content
Front Row - BBC National Short Story Award
With Mark Lawson.
Canadian author D W Wilson talks about his short story The Dead Roads, in which two old school friends compete for the affection of a free-spirited girl, whilst on a road-trip. The story is one of five shortlisted for this year's BBC National Short Story Award. The winning author, to be announced live on Front Row on Monday 26 September, receives £15,000.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Pam Ayres; Stephen Merchant's stand-up
![]()
Jane Rogers reviews 'The Go Between'
Duration: 04:46
![]()
Front Row - Stephen Merchant's stand-up
Duration: 04:33
![]()
Front Row - Pam Ayres
Duration: 14:38
More clips from Front Row
![]()
Adam Buxton on the unsettling rise of AI biographies
Duration: 01:58
![]()
Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024 for Orbital
Duration: 02:15
![]()
Charlotte Woods
Duration: 12:15
![]()
Yael van der Wouden
Duration: 09:59








