'Contact' by Malorie Blackman (dramatisation)

A dramatised extract from 'Contact' by Malorie Blackman, where characters shed their non-contact suits to play a monthly game of football. The author then discusses her style of writing compared with traditional sports stories. Malorie explains the build-up and suspense created by the use of short sentences, step-by-step accounts of how the characters are feeling and describing all the senses.