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Jo Nesbo, John Wick, Billie Holiday

Jo Nesbo's new thriller Blood on Snow, review of Keanu Reeves in John Wick, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine Recording of the Year is announced, and Billie Holiday celebrated. With Samira Ahmed.

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo, best known for his series about troubled Oslo detective Harry Hole, discusses his latest novel Blood on Snow with Samira Ahmed. Another fast paced crime thriller, Blood on Snow is told from the perspective of a hit man hired to kill the woman he loves.

Action thriller John Wick stars Keanu Reeves as an accomplished hit man who comes out of retirement to take revenge for the murder of his dog. Also starring Alfie Allen as the spoilt son of a Russian mafia king pin, John Wick is set in a New York underworld and filled with stylised violence and action sequences. Antonia Quirke reviews.

100 years ago today, Billie Holiday, as she later became known, was born. To celebrate the singer's centenary, critic Jacqueline Springer, and biographer, John Szwed, examine what it is about her music that still captivates us in 2015.

And the winner of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine's Recording of the Year is announced.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Sarah Johnson.

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Tue 7 Apr 2015 19:16
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  • Jo Nesbo

    Duration: 08:57

  • John Wick

    Duration: 04:58

  • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine's Recording of the Year

    Duration: 04:54

  • Billie Holiday

    Duration: 08:59

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo

latest thriller β€˜Blood on Snow’Μύis available 9th April

Billie Holiday 100th Anniversary

Billie Holiday 100th Anniversary

biography Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth is published by William Heinemann in the UK

John Wick

John Wick

is out this Friday, certificate 15

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine Awards 2015

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine Awards 2015
Leif Ove Andsnes, Joyce DiDonato and Benjamin Grosvenor are among the prizewinners of the 2015Μύ.

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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Jo Nesbo
Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Springer
Interviewed Guest John Szwed
Interviewed Guest Helen Wallace
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