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Adrian Lester on Trigger Point; Heal and Harrow perform live; northern writing prizes

Actor Adrian Lester on his new police drama Trigger Point; Heal and Harrow musicians perform live; Gary Younge, Alison Hindell and Paul Jones discuss northern writing prizes.

Actor Adrian Lester joins Samira to discuss his varied career on stage, in film and now back on UK television in the gripping new ITV police drama, Trigger Point.

Scottish musicians Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl AKA Heal and Harrow perform live ahead of Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival. Their music is a response to the 16th and 17th century Scottish Witch Trials and the women falsely accused.

What do two Northern literary prizes reveal about writing from the North of England? Samira is joined by journalist Gary Younge, chair of judges for the Portico Prize, awarded to a book that evokes the spirit of the North of England, and Alison Hindell, chair of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award, which is for radio drama writers from North.

Paul Jones is the winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2021. He discusses his radio play, Patterdale and what the term 鈥淣orthern Writer鈥 means to him. Patterdale will be broadcast on Radio 4 on 14 February.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Tim Prosser

Photo: Adrian Lester
Credit: 成人快手

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  • Mon 17 Jan 2022 19:15

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