Murder Junction
By RHCW Podcasts
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Episodes: 155
Description
British crime writers Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee bring to life history’s most intriguing murders, true crime and fictional, in the company of the world’s best known crime writers. They make murder . . . fun.
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Episode 154 - Jeffery Deaver, SOUTH OF NOWHERE, and the 'rewardist'
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 153 - Tariq Ashkanani, The Midnight King, The Hinterkaifeck Murders
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 152 - The Girl in Cell A, small town secrets, The Axe Murders of Saxtown
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 151 - Kelly Mullen, This is Not a Game, and Iowa clown serial killers
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 150 - Lucy Atkins, Windmill Hill and pony fiction
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Episode 149 - Jeremy Vine, Murder on Line One, Nelson Mandela turns a tap, and Ted Bundy
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Episode 148 - Stig Abell, The Burial Place, Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Episode 147 - Scott Turow, Presumed Guilty, and the true story behind the classic Presumed Innocent
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 146 - The Day of the Roaring, Nina Bhadreshwar, fun facts about Sheffield
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 145 - Simon Mayo, Black Tag, the legend of King Dick, and radio's greatest confessions
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 144 - The stolen Churchill painting, Jonathan Whitelaw, The Garden Club Murders, and who invented bingo?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 143 - The Unsolved Arctic Mystery of Charles Francis Hall, Tom Hindle and Death in the Arctic, and when airships ruled the skies
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Episode 142 - Christmas Killers, Santa's Law Breaking, and a Look Back at 2024
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Episode 141 - The Yuba County Five, Rob Parker, and Does Sasquatch have Talons?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Episode 140 - Murder Junction, the Harem Conspiracy and the assassination of Ramesses III
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Episode 139 - City of Destruction, the history of murder, history's most prolific murderers
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 138 - Erin E. Adams, Jackal, and the 'black horror' genre
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 137 - Louise Minchin, Isolation Island, and a frozen foot on Everest
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Episode 136 - Shari Lapena, Everest rising, and undefecting defectors.
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Episode 135 - T.M. Logan, The Dream Home, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 134 - Gareth Rubin, Holmes & Moriarty, Tête-bêche and Mise en Abyme
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 133 - Tom Mead, Cabaret Macabre, locked room mysteries, and the world's second largest diamond
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 132 - Rachel Abbott, The Last Time I Saw Him, and poodle-clipping at the Olympics
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 131 - Ram Murali, Death in the Air, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Episode 130 - Jack Jordan, Redemption, and existential moral dilemmas
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 129 - Karin Slaughter, This Is Why We Lied, Cricket in America
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Episode 128 - Michael Robotham and MW Craven, Storm Child and The Mercy Chair, and Aussie Noir
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 127 - Jo Callaghan, artificial intelligence policing, and AI Armageddon
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 126 - Claire Douglas and David McCloskey and the British Book Awards 2024
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 125 - Hunted and Finding Sophie, loans sharks and deadly Deliveroo drivers
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May 06, 2024 |
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Episode 124 -Stig Abell, Death in a Lonely Place, press complaints, and falling satellites
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 123 - Erin Young, gold kitchens, banned trousers, and Christianity's oldest religious book to ever go on sale
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 122 - Harriet Tyce, A Lesson in Cruelty, Chaucer's unfinished Canterbury tales
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 121 - Tony Kent, The Shadow Network, great legal thrillers, and the Old Bailey
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 120 - BA Paris, The Guest, and Arabian Noir with Michael Lynes and Alex Shaw
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 119 - Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest, dog poop DNA, and cold fusion powered hot baths
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 118 - Anna O and Matthew Blake, homicidal sleepwalking, Guy Kennaway and Good Scammer, and the best ever Caribbean books
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 117 - Chris Hammer, Scrublands, Funnel-Web Spiders, and New Year Gut Health
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 116 - Fenton's ten best novels of 2023, dodgy Xmas parties, and Micky Mouse set free
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Episode 115 - Andrew Lycett and The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes - with added Cucumber Sherlock.
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 114 - Imran Mahmood and Finding Sophie, author winterwear, and the most famous tea party in fiction
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 113 - Susi Holliday, female serial killers, and the meaning of Diwali
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 112 - Fiona Cummins, meeting George Clooney, cats' facial expressions, and the Aussie mushroom poisoning
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 111 - Suk Pannu, The Kumars at No 10, and the unstoppability of Indian aunties
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 110 - Nev March, the Bombay Clocktower deaths, and the secret to happiness in orangutans
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 109 - Matthew Parker, One Fine Day in the British Empire, the Booker shortlist, Seven Deadly Bins
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 108 - AJ West, greatest ever ghost stories, Big Brother, and the saucy ghost ape of Dorset
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 107 - Evil Under the Sun, India's Moon Landing, and Hercule Poirot's bottom
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 106 - Simon Toyne, St Hilda's Crime, Bute rap battle, and how to avoid being eaten by a tiger
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 105 - Sarah Hilary, Neurodiversity in fiction, a Death of a Lesser God competition, and the invention of the 'blousers'
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 104 - Karin Slaughter, remembering Cormac McCarthy, and gruesome author deaths... including death by flying tortoise
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 103 - Ambrose Parry, Shakespeare's grammatical legacy, the short-sighted monster of envy, and nude 'blind date'
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 102 - Mark Billingham and The Last Dance, Hitler's Nazi playground in Blackpool, and 'Broken Arse-gate'
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 101 - MOTIVE festival in Canada, the Joffe Books Prize, Harini Nagendra, and male trees v female trees
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 100 - Robert Dugoni, the British Book Awards, and appropriate behaviour at literary festivals
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 99 - A special episode recorded live at Malice Domestic, USA debating: Which is better? American or British Crime Writing?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 98 - Sophie Hannah, Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night, and continuing the legacy of iconic characters
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 97 - Graham Bartlett, the world's oldest police forces, corrupt cops, and in the footsteps of Napoleon
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 96 - Alis Hawkins, A Bitter Remedy, The Rebecca Riots, and history's most infamous poisoners
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 95 - John Lincoln Williams, interviewing the Great American Crime Writer, and writers who were terrible people
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 94 - Andrew Taylor, Restoration England, Poe in London, and TV crime show 'Ozark'
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 93 - Laura Wilson, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, French publishing
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 92 - Peter May, crime fiction meets climate change, Friday the 13th
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 91 - Helen Fields, The Institution, Prince Andrew's autobiography, and the best biographies of all time
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode 90 - Lisa Jewell, New Year's resolutions, books to look out for in 2023, and 101 recipes using chickpeas
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Episode 89 - Jane Harper, The Dry, Outback Noir, and sexy Christmas underwear
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 88 - Peter Hains, wildlife poaching, apartheid protests, and the different forms of meditation
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 87 - Kate Mosse and Greg Mosse, historical fiction, the Cathars, climate grief, women pioneers, the Matilda Effect, and Granny Rosie
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 86 - Kellye Garrett, why women should rule the world, and strange laws in small town America
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 85 - Claire McGowan, David Beckler, The Booker Prize, and Ireland's 'vanishing triangle' disappearances
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 84 - Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, medieval owl cures, and the Declaration of Arbroath
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 83 - Erin Kelly, The Skeleton Key, the Queue, and professional mourners
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 82 - The Queen's passing, Anthony McGowan and Dogs of the Deadlands, canine philosophy and Fenton's Faves
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode 81 - Rev. Richard Coles, Murder at Evensong, St. Guinefort the greyhound, the meaning of modern faith, and the energy crisis.
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode 80 - Nadine Matheson, intimacy co-ordinators, hamsters in space, and fun facts about Grease
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Episode 79 - Mark Wightman, a potted history of Singapore, Agatha Christie and the Old Swan, and the origins of the Singapore Sling
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 78 - Luca Veste, Victoria Selman, the meaning of Scouse, and plagiarising C.S. Lewis
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode 77 - Imran Mahmood and Ayisha Malik, barristers on strike, the illusion of free will, and a world that just shuts up
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Episode 76 - David Fennell and serial killer thrillers, Jaipur Lit Fest and Borders Book Fest, and the man with no opposable thumbs
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 75 - National Crime Reading Month, Sir Ian Rankin, Vanessa O'Loughlin/Sam Blake, the Platty Joobs and fun facts about the Queen
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 74 - Stephanie Merritt & S.J. Parris, Storm and Giordano Bruno, and the world's worst teachers
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 73 - Lord Jeffrey Archer, the Domesday Book, and the village of Great Snoring
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - British Book Awards special with Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Abigail Dean ... and Mahatma Gandhi
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 71 - David Baldacci and Dream Town, orang-utan blues, and the slap heard around the world
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 70 - The British Book Awards shortlist, Janice Hallett and The Appeal, The Dying Day paperback, and epistolary novels
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 69 - Maxim Jakubowski, The Perfect Crime, the "bad review", and 100 Shades of Brown
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 68 - Anna Mazzola and The Clockwork Girl, war in Ukraine, and pole-dancing geckoes
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 67 - Adele Parks and Alex Preston, Both of You and Winchelsea; from domestic noir to re-assessing the image of smugglers.
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 66 - Dean Koontz and Quicksilver, dude ranches, dogs in literature, and a canine quiz
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 65 - Craig Robertson and Amy McCulloch, cleaning up after dead bodies and climbing into the "death zone"
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 64 - A look back at 2021, a look forward to 2022, and a crime-writer's teapot
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 63 - Antti Tuomainen and Finnish noir, Fenton's Faves, and the world pillow fighting championships
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 62 - Stuart Turton and Seven Deaths, Imran Mahmood and BBC's You Don't Know Me, and where does the word 'tomfoolery' come from?
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 61 - Mikhail Sen and an actor's life, The Shadows of Men, and the Hollywood great quotes quiz
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 60 - Charles Cumming and spy fiction, Bay Tales, and how to reduce your carbon footprint
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 59 - Clare Whitfield, Jack the Ripper, the PG Tips tea chimps, and awkward plurals
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 58 - Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den, ancient Pompeii, French literature and Abir's French junket
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 57 - Tim Marshall and The Power of Geography, the best ever literary Scottish fiction, and a Bloody Scotland round-up
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 56 - Ann Cleeves & The Heron's Cry, Bloody Scotland live podcast, and wearing sliders and socks in public places
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 55 - Orenda Books special with Karen Sullivan, Awais Khan, Will Carver and Lilja Sigurdardottir
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 54 - S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears, a new Writing Crime Fiction course, and events that shouldn't be at the Olympics
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 53 - Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh, Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, and the meaning of altruism
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 52 - The Dying Day, racism in sports films, and Fenton's Favourites
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode 51 - Amit Dhand, the horrors of Partition, Tariq Ashkanani, and the Capital Crime New Voices
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 50 - Alex Michaelides, The Maidens, Imran Mahmood, I Know What I Saw, and judges with a sense of humour
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 49 - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Will Shaw, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and why Truman Capote was jealous of Harper Lee
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 48 - Richard Osman & The Thursday Murder Club, Rahul Raina & How to Kidnap the Rich, Ajay Chowdhury & The Waiter
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - British Book Awards special with Lee Child & Andrew Child, Ian Rankin, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and Joy Ellis
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 46 - Mike Gayle, The British Book Awards and Count Binface
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 45 - Felicia Yap, Godzilla v King Kong, a race report bombshell, and talking apes
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 44 - Dean Koontz, The Other Emily, the biggest selling authors of all time, and a brief history of the Bible
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 43 - Saima Mir, The Khan, royal shenanigans, Craig Sisterson, Australian & NZ crime fiction
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 42 - Chris Brookmyre, weird titles, the celeb writer phenomenon, and sci-fi film trivia
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Val McDermid, busted boilers, the Tebbit test, and the Great Scottish-India quiz-off
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 40 - Ausma Zehanat Khan, the Bosnian conflict, human rights law, and the strange animal facts quiz
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 39 - Frank Zafiro, American crime, Idi Amin and other coups, and ruined sleep cycles
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 38 - New Year 2021, Putting 2020 on trial, Calendars from around the world and New Years resolutions,
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode 37 - Sadsacks Assemble, Books and TV of the year, and Brown Christmas shenanigans
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 36 - Martin Edwards and Golden Age Crime Fiction, Great Christmas Novels, and the Great Craisin Controversy
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode 35 - Ragnar Jónasson, Icelandic crime fiction, fun facts about Iceland, and political chicanery on screen
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode 34 - Dan Smith, a political scandal from the sixties, How to Tame a Lion, and a tribute to Sean Connery
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode 33 - C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man, In the Heat of the Night, and the greatest ever movie quotes
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Episode 32 - Antonia Hodgson, Georgian smut, whisky investing, and the curious relationship between authors and alcohol
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Episode 31 - Lucy Foley and The Guest List, David Headley and Goldsboro Books, This Green and Pleasant Land
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 30 - Aziz Ibrahim & The Stone Roses, BBC radio broadcaster Amanny Mohamed, Farhana Shaikh… and our Desert Island Discs
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 29 - Tracy Fenton, The Book Club, great historical fiction, Waverley, Wolf Hall, & Shogun
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Episode 28 - Sanjida Kay, Naked Lunch, how to catch bees, and the world's worst poet
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode 27 - Career Criminals at Theakston Old Peculier Festival, Literary festivals, Mud Festivals, Phallic Festivals
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode 26 - Gillian McAllister, assault in fiction, The Accused, Lolita on trial, and a review of The Luminaries.
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Episode 25 - Mark Edwards, writing great screenplays, Trumbo, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects and Seven.
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Episode 24 - Imogen Robertson, more civil rights literature, fun facts about Martin Luther King Jnr, diversity in YA fiction
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 23 - Mike Craven, The Curator, race protests, books about race, and facts about the civil rights movement that you didn't know.
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 22 - Antony Johnston, mental health awareness week, books featuring mental illness, and Sigmund Freud on trial
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May 30, 2020 |
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Episode 21 - Mary Paulson-Ellis, books with dual timeline narratives, Ramadan and Hemingway, farewell to Irfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 20 - Stephanie Scott, books about long walks, John Lennon on trial, Alex Hawley, online bookfest
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Episode 19 - Ruth Tross - an editor's guide to publishing, alternate history fiction, books that foretold the future
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Episode 18 - Will Dean, post apocalyptic pandemic fiction, how to survive working at home
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Episode 17 - Kia Abdullah, political thrillers, John le Carre, and turmeric - the cure for all ills
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Episode 16 - Tony Kent, dodgy boxers, the broken legal system, virtue signalling, and democracy on trial.
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Episode 15 - Amer Anwar, diversity initiatives on trial, Black Frankenstein, diversity in romance fiction
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Episode 14 - Onjali Rauf, children's fiction from around the world, Lewis Carroll's jabberwocky words
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Episode 13 - Barry Forshaw, BBC’s new Dracula adaptation, gothic fiction, and Count Duckula.
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Episode 12 - Natasha Pulley, New Year's resolutions and strange New Year's customs, and how not to use the phrase 'deus ex machina'
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 11 - Dorothy Koomson, Christmas movies on trial, 'Brown Christmas', 2019 lowlights, Area 51 and a strange banana
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Episode 10 - Nikesh Shukla, Great Literary Themes with Dorothy Koomson, Your name in a novel competition, Bollywood battle: Mum v Alex
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Episode 9 - Luan Goldie, Brownface on trial, Death in the East, Asia-set classics, the secrets to writing and pitching a new TV series.
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Episode 8 - Chris Whitaker, Introverts v Extroverts, a review of "Quiet" by Susan Cain, and how Bollywood took over the world
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Episode 7 - Patrick Gale, the CWA Dagger awards, weird Stephen King facts, fairytales on trial, and the greatest ever horror films
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Episode 6 - Elly Griffiths, Agatha Christie's disappearance, a fat bear contest, the Booker Prize, A Very Expensive Poison and book blurbs
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Episode 5 - Bobby Seagull, who invented Zero, Bloody Scotland, Robert Burns, Capital Crime, Roald Dahl on trial and Quickreads
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Episode 4 - Helen Jukes, how to keep bees, Bond on trial, visiting Jane Austen, "Blinded by the Light" review, and how to write screenplays
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Episode 1 - Ann Cleeves, Shakespeare on trial, Reality TV and the world's unluckiest parrot
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 2 - Ruth Ware, Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Festival, Rudyard Kipling on trial, and a play called Sweat
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 3 - Clare Mackintosh, judging literary prizes, the Bradford Lit Fest, Escape Rooms, and a novel use for the hula
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Introduction to the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast
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Jul 31, 2019 |