The Man Booker Prize. Mike Bartlett. Is Small Beautiful?
Alex Clark talks to Philip Dodd from the ceremony at London's Guildhall. Mike Bartlett on links between TV's Dr Foster and his play Albion. The rise of small nations.
Dr Foster writer Mike Bartlett on his new play Albion. Alex Clark reports from the Man Booker prize ceremony. And former SNP MP George Kerevan, David Goodhart and MariΓ΅n Arribas-TomΓ© from UEA discuss whether the 21st century is set to be a century of small nations.
The Man Booker Prize shortlist 2017 is :
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Autumn by Ali Smith
Mike Bartlett's play Albion runs at the Almeida Theatre in London from October 10th to November 24th.
David Goodhart is Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration at Policy Exchange and author of The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics
Producer: Torquil MacLeod.
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