Lynda La Plante on a remarkable life in showbiz, a career in crime fiction, and parenthood in later life
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🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Joining us today is a woman who will almost certainly be on your bookshelf at home. She’s a crime fiction author, screenwriter and former actress who has been crafting expert stories on stage and screen for sixty years: it’s the fiery, fabulous Lynda La Plante!
Ahead of the release of ‘Whole Life Sentence’, her final Detective Jane Tennison thriller, Lynda joins us to chat about a truly remarkable life. We hear about her transitioning into screenwriting from acting, the shocking end to her relationship with her estranged husband and the realities of becoming a parent much later in life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Graham Norton here. |
| 0:02.0 | Writing stories is something I've always loved, |
| 0:04.0 | so my latest novel, Frankie, feels special. |
| 0:06.0 | I wanted to write about someone |
| 0:08.0 | who was never the main character in their own life. |
| 0:11.0 | Now old, Frankie is finally getting the chance to tell her story. |
| 0:14.3 | As she talks, Frankie reveals a life of intensity, love, friendship, and spirit. |
| 0:19.2 | Bonnie Garma says that Frankie is a woman worth getting to know and I hope you agree. |
| 0:24.4 | Frankie by me, Graham Norton is out now in Hardback at Waterstones, e-book and audio, also read by me. |
| 0:30.0 | A Family Day Out with a Difference. |
| 0:32.0 | Join the race to help build the new Children's Cancer Center at Great Orman Street Hospital. |
| 0:37.0 | RBC Race for the Kids, a family festival and fun run, is coming back to London Hyde Park on Saturday 12th of October. |
| 0:44.0 | Bring the whole family to walk jog or scoot 2k or 5k and enjoy a day full in music, games and entertainment. |
| 0:51.5 | All while supporting Great Orman Street Hospital Children's Charity. |
| 0:55.0 | Kids Go Free. Sign up to date at gosh.org slash race. This podcast is sponsored by Spexavers hearing experts. |
| 1:10.0 | Going through life just getting by is no way to live at all. So why would you do the same with your hearing? |
| 1:16.4 | Yes, it's possible to put up with okay hearing, but frankly, why should you? |
| 1:21.4 | So what are the telltale signs that maybe your hearings changed? |
| 1:25.4 | Well, maybe you're only getting the gist of a conversation, rather than all of it, or you're |
| 1:30.1 | straining to hear a colleague in a meeting or you've noticed that you're |
| 1:33.8 | turning the telly up a little bit louder than you used to. Well the good news is |
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