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Andrew Miller and Nicholas Hytner

Novelist Andrew Miller on winning the Costa Book of the Year Award, director Nicholas Hytner on the National Theatre's latest plans, and Swedish crime writer Jens Lapidus.

With Mark Lawson.

Andrew Miller last night won the Costa Book of the Year with his historical novel Pure, set in pre-revolutionary Paris. Mark talked to the author just after hearing the news.

National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner announces his plans for the year ahead.

Jens Lapidus is a Swedish criminal defence lawyer and author. His debut novel is Easy Money, set amongst gangsters and criminals in the Stockholm underworld. He told Mark how he made the transition from criminal defence to crime writing.

New film Acts of Godfrey, starring Simon Callow and Harry Enfield, is written entirely in rhyming couplets. Poet Paul Farley gives his verdict in rhyme.

Producer Katie Langton.

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Wed 25 Jan 2012 19:15
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