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Radio 3,24 Dec 2025,14 mins

SeriesWinterreisen

Frozen Tears by Mark Haddon

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Ellie has been trying, but failing, to break up with her boyfriend. And now it's Christmas and they're both staying in Ellie's mum's house in the countryside. A new short story by Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) about a winter journey, inspired by Schubert's song cycle. Read by Lydia Wilson (Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, About Time, The Maids). Produced by Emma Harding, BBC Audio Wales

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