The man behind Jack Reacher
Lee Child charts his journey from Handsworth Wood to 40 years at the top of his game. Plus how it's lights, camera, ten days of action for Birmingham. With Nina Das Gupta.
We're celebrating the best creatives where we live with Nina Das Gupta, including:
• From Handsworth Wood to 40 years at the forefront of literary thrillers: Writing superstar Lee Child opens up on his 30 bestsellers as the man behind Jack Reacher, being a Villa fan and not knowing the destination of his plots until he writes them.
• Why it's Lights, Camera, ten days of "action!" for the West Midlands: Get the low-down on next week's Birmingham Film Festival, bringing more than 200 creations to showcase the directors, producers, actors and writers of the future.
• When world-class artists lit up Worcester city centre like you've never seen before: Get an exclusive tour of the Bridges of Light festival, bringing stunning displays of light throughout the city centre.
• He's the Telford and Stoke writer whose work almost every week goes international! We catch up with script-writer extraordinaire Grant Foxon, whose latest film and podcasts have gone transatlantic.
• She's one of comedy's rising stars, made in the West Midlands: Podcaster, script-writer, sketch artist and stand-up Lorna Rose Treen is on, fresh from another sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run and ahead of a second series of her award-winning Radio 4 show.
• He's the Worcestershire dog trainer who appeared in the Oscar-winning World War One epic 1917 and has just published a new book. We chat with actor Scott Harrington and his labrador Benny, who say they're created the ultimate guide for canine companions and animal enthusiasts.
• Honing a passion decades in the making: Meet Warwickshire writer Anthony Etherington who's made it his mission to take readers all over the world, in a journey created from the comfort of his Kenilworth home.
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Taylor Swift
The Fate Of Ophelia
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Clocks
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Groove Is In The Heart
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We Made It Look Easy
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Backstreet Boys
I Want It That Way
- Backstreet Boys: The Hits - Chapter One.
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Sabrina Carpenter
Tears
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Somebody Told Me
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Ella Eyre
Hell Yeah
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Down Under
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Talk To You
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Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado)
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Myles Smith
Stay (If You Wanna Dance)
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Young At Heart
- The Bluebells: The Singles Collection.
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