Michael Parkinson show

Title

Michael Parkinson show

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:35:32

Description

Austin Mitchell stands in on the Michael Parkinson Show on LBC Newstalk and interviews guest crime novelist Baroness P.D. James, whose latest book, Devices and Desires, is coming to the television screen this evening. Covers the late start to her writing career with Cover Her Face; her choice of the detective story form; comparisons of her work with that of Agatha Christie; the domination of the genre by women writers; influence of her Home Office experience; her admiration for her fictional hero Adam Dalgliesh. With phone-in to P.D. James by members of the public; news, finance, sport, weather (all read by Jonathan Staples); travel reports (Michael Watkins); and advertisements.

Contributors

Austin Mitchell; Jonathan Staples; LBC Newstalk; Michael Watkins; P. D. James

Keywords

Books; Authors; Crime; Novelists; Creative writing; Agatha Christie; Adam Dalgliesh (fictional character); P. D. James; English women novelists

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