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Tony Parsons

Journalist and writer Tony Parsons joins Mark and Stuart to chat about his first crime novel, The Murder Bag.

Journalist and writer Tony Parsons joins Mark and Stuart to chat about on his first crime novel, The Murder Bag. Tony Parsons left school at 16 and was working on the night shift at Gordon's Gin Distillery in Islington when he was offered his first job in journalism on the New Musical Express. Since then he has become an award-winning journalist and a bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into more than 40 languages. His semi-autobiographical novel Man and Boy won the Book Of The Year prize.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 8 May 2014 13:00

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  • Electric Six

    Danger! High Voltage!

    • XL.
  • tUnE-yArDs

    Water Fountain

    • Nikki Nakk.
    • 4AD.
    • 001.
  • Man Parrish

    Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)

    • Reunited (25 Years Of Polydor Funk).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Amen Corner

    If Paradise Is Half As Nice

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.
  • Jamie xx

    Girl

    • Young Turks.
  • Ralfe Band

    Cold Chicago Morning

  • Suede

    Animal Nitrate

    • Nude Records.
  • The Black Keys

    Fever

    • Turn Blue.
    • Nonesuch Records.
    • 001.
  • Kate Bush

    Moments Of Pleasure

    • The Red Shoes.
    • EMI.
  • Cults

    I Can Hardly Make You Mine

    • Sony Music.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Darts Of Pleasure

    • Domino.
  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • Stay Gold.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Gigolo Aunts

    Where I Find My Heaven

    • Fire.
  • Dizzee Rascal

    Fix Up, Look Sharp

    • Boy In Da Corner.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 3.
  • Metronomy

    Reservoir

    • Love Letters.
    • Because Music.
    • 001.
  • Roddy Frame

    Forty Days Of Rain

  • The Fall

    Hey! Luciani

    • Beggars Banquet.
  • The Horrors

    So Now You Know

    • Luminous.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 001.
  • Horace Andy

    Skylarking

    • Virgin.
  • Real Estate

    Crime

    • Atlas.
    • Domino.
    • 001.
  • The Who

    The Seeker

    • Reaction Records.
  • Courtney Love

    You Know My Name

    • Cherry Forever Records.
  • Gruff Rhys

    Lost Tribes

    • American Interior.
    • Turnstile.
    • 6.
  • Richard Hawley

    Just Like the Rain

  • Jake Bugg

    Messed Up Kids

    • Shangri La.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.
  • Morrissey

    Suedehead

    • HMV.
  • Elbow

    My Sad Captains

    • The Take Off & Landing Of Everything.
    • Fiction.
    • 001.
  • The Jam

    Saturday's Kids

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Wanna Be Yours

  • The Clash

    Janie Jones

  • The Hosts

    Give Your Love To Her

    • Fierce Panda.
  • 搁枚测办蝉辞辫辫

    Poor Leno

    • MELODY A.M..
    • Wall Of Sound Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Thu 8 May 2014 13:00