31 December 2009

Dame P D James Guest Edits on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme

This morning's programme included some great stuff from P D James.  Here's the iplayer link.

  • At 1:50:00 into the programme, PDJ talks about violence in crime fiction and on screen with Ian Blair and Lynda La Plante.
  • At 2:15:00 and with a scalpel sharp approach, PDJ takes the BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson to task on the BBC's direction, quality of programming, job specifications, salaries and more.

Don't miss it!

31 Dec 2009 13:11:08 | Author News

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