Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Danny Dorling
With Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the musical opening, Samira Ahmed discusses scoundrels. Plus Danny Dorling on inequalities in the housing market and the 2014 Paul Food Award.
The film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is being turned into a musical which is getting its UK premiere this month. Samira Ahmed considers the scoundrel from Thomas Mann's The Adventures of Felix Krull to the David Niven film Bedtime Story, with historian of literature Nandini Das and novelist Nick Harkaway.
Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford. His new book called All That is Solid: The Great Housing Disaster looks at inequalities in the housing market. He joins Samira to discuss markets, social engineering and what houses are for.
We report on the winner of this year's Paul Foot Award for campaigning or investigative journalism.
Producer: Luke Mulhall.
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Nandini Das and Nick Harkaway on the appeal of the scoundrel
Duration: 01:37
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The Paul Foot Award
Interview with winner of The Paul Foot Award, David Cohen.
Duration: 11:03
Scoundrels
Nandini Das and Nick Harkaway on the history of the scoundrel.
Duration: 18:03
Housing Crisis
Danny Dorling on inequalities in the housing market.
Duration: 15:45
The Paul Foot Award
The Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism shortlist:
Tom Bergin, Reuters - Corporate tax practices
Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake, Sunday Times - Westminster for Sale
David Cohen, Evening Standard - Frontline London
Aasma Day, Lancashire Evening Post - Life on the margins of society: Preston Twilight Investigation
James Dean, The Times - Fakes, fraud and forgery in Lloyds selling scandal
James Ball, Julian Borger, Nick Davies, Nick Hopkins, Paul Johnson and Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian - The Snowden Files: How GCHQ watches your every move
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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is on at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre from 26 February until 1 March, and then at the Savoy Theatre in London from 10 March until the 26 November 2014.
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The Great Housing Disaster
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by Danny Dorling is available in hardback and ebook.Μύ
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Samira Ahmed Interviewed Guest Nandini Das Interviewed Guest Nick Harkaway Interviewed Guest Danny Dorling Producer Luke Mulhall Broadcast
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