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Drama of the Week

Knock Knock by Kirsty Logan

Drama of the Week

BBC

Drama, Fiction

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In Kirsty Logan’s new short work for Father's Day, Wilbur prepares to meet his dad for the very first time. But can he find the strength to face his fears?

Read by Jessica Hardwick

Producer Ellie Marsh

Kirsty Logan is an award winning novelist and short story writer. Her latest book, No & Other Love Stories, is a collection of dark love stories.

A BBC Audio Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

0:05.1

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

0:08.7

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

0:13.5

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

0:19.1

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

0:21.7

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

0:24.5

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

0:28.6

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

0:31.3

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

0:35.7

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. by Jessica Hardwick.

0:59.4

Wilbur is locked in the bathroom and he can't get out.

1:02.5

Well, he could, but he won't.

1:04.4

He's locked himself in.

1:10.9

He does this every time his mum goes out, pretends himself into a cell.

1:15.2

The bathroom isn't the only door in the house with a lock on it.

1:19.9

There's the front door too, so he could just lock the front door, but that's cheating,

1:24.5

because then he'd have the run of the whole house, a kitchen with snacks,

1:30.1

and a bedroom with his computer games, and a front room with the TV and big comfy couches.

1:33.9

His dad doesn't have any of that,

1:36.5

so Wilbur won't have it either.

1:40.7

Wilbur hasn't been to prison,

1:47.4

so he doesn't know exactly what his dad has. He's just going by what he's seen on TV.

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