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It’s the summer of 1990 and seventeen-year-old Dawn is infatuated with Billy. He’s cool, in a band and the opposite of her other besotted admirer: gentle electrician Rob. But then Billy disappears, and Rob is still around. He's there when Dawn falls pregnant and he’s there for the sleepless nights. And though Dawn and Rob were never destined to be together, suddenly they’re married. This real-life relationship involves arguing about who loads the dishwasher, cosy nights in while not having sex (and not missing it) and dragging kids to violin classes (even though they’re terrible).

Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet) is the Lord of the Castle and basically in charge of keeping order in the ramshackle medieval village. Although he hates all that torturing and usually lets the peasants off with a bit of community service. He lives in his huge but slightly falling down castle (but then it was built by the French, so what can one expect) with his daughter Anne (Martha Howe-Douglas) and very teenage son Henry (Steven Kynman). Anne’s best friend Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver) nearly always joins Anne on her constant quest to find fit men in the village.

Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late. When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about them shatters. The tapes expose an unimaginable truth–an epic wartime story of hidden love and sacrifice, stretching back to occupied France.

Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life the children were the only reason she stuck around. These days, though her successful banker son lives nearby, his young wife seems to do everything she can to keep Alice at bay. As for Alice's other son, he has always been something of a stranger and has been traveling for so long that Alice isn't even sure what continent he is on anymore.

Hannah is 38 and the happily married mother of 11-year-old Luke. Her marriage is reassuringly stable and after 15 years she has managed to push the wild dreams of youth from her mind and concentrate on the everyday satisfactions of here and now. The first half of her life hasn’t been as exciting as she had hoped, but then, she reckons, whose has? When she succeeds in convincing husband Cliff to rent a villa in the south of France for a summer vacation with her sister Jill and gay friend Tristan, she’s expecting little more than a pleasant few weeks with her family.

Barbara - a child of the Blitz - has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her children from the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain's most famous photographers. With such an incomplete picture, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity.

This is a mini-sequel to The Other Son, a little gift for all those listeners who have been begging to know what happens next. Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.

Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a total mystery, a hole in her life. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. When Laura books a spontaneous trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother - and to the truth. But as they make their way to the island of Santorini, it becomes clear that this holiday is not as impulsive as Becky thought. Laura’s hiding something from her daughter - and she’s been hiding it for Becky’s whole life.

An examination of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, one page at a time. Get in touch, support the show, and more at pageofthewind.com!

Schlägt Henrys letzte Stunde? Das streng geheime Experiment der CIA "Projekt Sandmann", in das höchste Regierungskreise und sogar der Präsident der USA verwickelt sind, ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Henry Bins' merkwürdige Schlafkrankheit, die ihm nur eine wache Stunde pro Tag lässt, scheint eine Folge des menschenverachtenden Projekts zu sein. Er kommt den verantwortlichen Hintermännern auf die Spur. Diese wollen ihn um jeden Preis zum Schweigen bringen.

Er hat nur eine Stunde – pro Tag! Henry Bins hat eine Schlafstörung: Er ist täglich nur eine Stunde wach. Um 3 Uhr morgens wacht er auf und schläft um 4 Uhr morgens wieder ein, dazwischen ein streng getakteter Lebensrhythmus, jede Minute verplant. Bis Henry eines Nachts den Schrei einer Frau hört und aus dem Haus gegenüber einen Mann stürmen sieht – es ist der Präsident der USA! Henrys Versuch herauszufinden, was vorgefallen ist, führt ihn auf eine gefährliche Spurensuche.

Es gibt keinen Ausweg! Henry Bins, der Mann, der nur 60 Minuten pro Tag hat, wird von gnadenlosen Killern gejagt. Sein Weg führt ihn nach Alaska, wo er Ruhe und eine Auszeit sucht. Doch unversehens gerät Henry mitten in eine Naturkatastrophe ungeheuren Ausmaßes. Im Angesicht von Chaos und Zerstörung stehen Hunderte von Menschenleben auf dem Spiel – und es gibt niemanden, der so wenig Zeit hat wie Henry Bins! Schauspieler und Sprecher Richard Barenberg zieht sein Publikum direkt hinein in die Thriller-Serie und sorgt für Hörspannung, die süchtig macht.

Bringt uns einen Traum... einen Alptraum! Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment der CIA, in das höchste Regierungskreise verwickelt sind. Bis hin zum Präsidenten der USA. Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment, das außer Kontrolle geraten ist. Und Henry Bins scheint eines seiner Opfer zu sein. Im verzweifelten Kampf gegen seine Schlafkrankheit, die ihm einen Großteil seines Lebens nimmt, kommt Bins den Hintermännern des menschenverachtenden Projekts auf die Spur. Und die müssen ihn zum Schweigen bringen... unverzüglich und gnadenlos.

Bis dass der Tod sie scheide. Nach zahlreichen Kämpfen um Leben und Tod, nach Monaten, in denen er sich in nahezu jeder Sekunde seines Lebens einer Bedrohung erwehren musste, scheint im gehetzten Leben des Henry Bins endlich Ruhe einzutreten. Als ersten Schritt plant er die Hochzeit mit seiner großen Liebe. Doch sein Leben ist nicht geschaffen für Romatik, sondern für Kugeln und Blut. Der Tag der Hochzeit naht.

Er hat nur eine Stunde – pro Tag! Henry Bins hat eine Schlafstörung: Er ist täglich nur eine Stunde wach. Um 3 Uhr morgens wacht er auf und schläft um 4 Uhr morgens wieder ein, dazwischen ein streng getakteter Lebensrhythmus, jede Minute verplant. Bis Henry eines Nachts den Schrei einer Frau hört und aus dem Haus gegenüber einen Mann stürmen sieht – es ist der Präsident der USA! Henrys Versuch herauszufinden, was vorgefallen ist, führt ihn auf eine gefährliche Spurensuche.

Here you can expect exciting current short news about Web 3.0., the Metaverse und much more. Presented by Nick Alexander

Welcome to the Art-to-Date Podcast. Here you can expect exciting current short news about art with a focus on modern and digital art. Presented by Nick Alexander

Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left. They’d been enjoying the funfair - grasping a rare moment of happiness following their parents’ divorce - when after a ride together, Zoe had stopped speaking to her mother’s new partner. Though Mandy believed he was the man she’d waited all her life for, her love for her daughter trumped even that.

When Hannah and Cliff's 15-year marriage falls apart, it seems almost impossible to start again. While Hannah tries to reconcile the warring factions of her heart, torn between a preteen son and a romantic love half a world away, Cliff struggles to face up to issues he has suppressed since adolescence in the hope of finding happiness in a confusing world. Amid the turmoil of separation and with their son, Luke, caught in the crossfire, both Hannah and Cliff face the challenge of rebuilding their lives.

When Catherine learns that she is dying, she remembers the words her husband once jokingly uttered and decides to leave him the ultimate posthumous gift: a time capsule containing photographs of their life together along with tape recordings in which she recounts every secret she ever kept, every unspoken thought whether loving or treacherous - the things they never said.