National Poetry Competition, Dead Sheep, Code of a Killer, Attica Locke
Roger McGough on the National Poetry Competition, Jonathan Maitland on his play Dead Sheep, Attica Locke on her new book set in Pleasantville and a review of Code of a Killer.
On an important night for poetry, the winners will be announced of the National Poetry Competition - open to anyone for a £6 entrance fee - and The Ted Hughes Award rewarding new work. Roger McGough, President of the Poetry Society, tells Kirsty Lang who's won.
Jonathan Maitland, best known as a journalist and correspondent, has written his first play Dead Sheep about Geoffrey Howe's famous speech which led to Thatcher's downfall. Jonathan Maitland and Steve Nallon, who was the voice of Thatcher in Spitting Image and plays her in the play, discuss political satire on stage.
Attica Locke's latest novel features murder, powerful, dirty oil companies, and corrupt politicians, set in Pleasantville: a neighbourhood that, when it was built in 1949, had been advertised as "a planned community of new homes, spacious and modern in design, and built specifically for Negro families of means and class." She explains to Kirsty why this provided the perfect setting for her book.
And crime writer Mark Billingham reviews Code of a Killer, the new ITV drama starring David Threlfall and John Simm telling the true story of the discovery of DNA.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Sarah Johnson.
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Code of a Killer
Duration: 04:33
National Poetry Competition
Duration: 05:55
Dead Sheep
Duration: 09:04
Attica Locke Interview
Duration: 08:15
National Poetry Competition
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The WinnerÌýof the Ìýis Roger Philip Denis. The Ted Hughes Award was won by for 'Coming Home'.
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Artwork: Matthew Richardson
Dead Sheep
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Jonathan Maitland's Dead Sheep is at the in London until the 9th May.
Image: (Spitting Image) as Maggie Thatcher
Code of a Killer
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ITV's two-part drama, , begins onÌýMonday 6th AprilÌýat 9 o’clock.
Attica Locke
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Attica Locke's latest book is published on April 16th.
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imageÌýcredit: Jenny Walters
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Roger McGough Interviewed Guest Mark Billingham Interviewed Guest Attica Locke Interviewed Guest Jonathan Maitland Interviewed Guest Steve Nallon Producer Sarah Johnson Broadcast
- Thu 2 Apr 2015 19:16Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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