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3. Lynda La Plante

Women Talking About Cars Series 3
Episode 3 of 4

Lynda La Plante tells Victoria Coren Mitchell about life and cars she has known, from a Mini Cooper to a Mercedes. From 2018.

Lynda La Plante, is the award-winning writer behind Prime Suspect and Widows.

She talks to Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life and the cars she has driven along the way.

From her origins in Liverpool to the stage to the USA and becoming a writer, via a Mini Cooper that turned out to be two Mini Coopers stuck together, a magnificent Mercedes and love at first sight with a Rolls Royce Corniche.

Lynda tells her hilarious, uplifting and thought-provoking life story.

Readings by Sarah Hadland

Producer: Gareth Edwards

A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

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28 minutes

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  • Wed 12 Dec 2018 18:30
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  • Wed 19 Dec 2018 07:30
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  • Wed 19 Dec 2018 17:30
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  • Wed 19 Dec 2018 22:00
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  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 05:30
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  • Wed 17 May 2023 07:30
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  • Thu 18 May 2023 02:30
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