The Lives of Strangers

THE STORIES

CANDIDATES
A new teacher is to be appointed. Beth is a parent -governor who uses her unique gift to ensure that the right decision is made

CHOSEN
A brief insight into male fantasy that ends when reality bites.

EMMA
The only thing people notice about Emma is her very odd hairstyle. She sits aloof outside the boss's office and is never invited into social circles of her colleagues.

GRAMPS
Gramps personifies dignity in old age. Belinda marvels at the positive effect he has on her children and others as he keeps craft skills and the character of the fishing village alive in his workshop and café.

JOE'S LAST CHANCE
When Joe retreats to the healing waters of a spa in Malta for a winter break he feels he is on his last legs, but before long he seems to become an unlikely toy boy target for a series of women.

MARNIE BEYOND DAHAB
Marnie discovers too late that her Egyptian lover must give priority to his family's needs.

MIDNIGHT ON THE BRIDGE
It's been a long time since Iris left the village for city life, but on the day she returns she receives an intriguing invitation and takes a risk.

MOODS' WINGS
Jacko lives rough by the sea on the cold of the Lancashire coast with nothing but Mutt and freedom in his otherwise s****y life. Then a stranger intervenes.

SEEING THINGS
Susan thinks that Don is a backroom computer geek until she opens the newspaper and sees him in a car with a woman sprawled across him.

SUMMER DOESN'T MEAN MUCH ANYMORE
A reluctant Gestapo officer is instructed to take one action too far for his conscience.

THE LIFE OF RAYMOND
Raymond is tempted towards something alien to his nature. Or isn't it? Scenes of trepidation, duty and acceptance are set in 1955, 1960 and 2010.

THE RETURN OF GEORGE
neighbourly fun

TWO BY TWO
naughty fun