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John Berger, Costa Book Awards winners, Sebastian Barry, Unforgotten

Remembering John Berger with writer Lisa Appignanesi, historian Kate Williams announces the Costa Book Awards category winners, and screenwriter Chris Lang on his drama Unforgotten.

The art critic and writer John Berger has died. He changed our perception of art with his 1972 91Èȱ¬ TV series and book Ways of Seeing. An accomplished poet and playwright, he also wrote several novels including the Booker Prize-winning G which tells the story of a Casanova-like figure who gradually comes to political consciousness. Writer Lisa Appignanesi assesses his work.

What were "the most enjoyable" books published in 2016? Chair of Judges, historian Kate Williams reveals that the Costa Book Awards category winners are: Francis Spufford for the First Novel Award; Keggie Carew who wins the Costa Biography Award; Alice Oswald who wins the Poetry Award; Brian Conaghan for the Children's Book Award; Sebastian Barry who wins the Costa Novel Award. He tells us about writing Days Without End.

Chris Lang, the creator of the ITV hit drama Unforgotten, began his career in the mid-1980s as part of a comedy trio, The Jockeys of Norfolk, alongside Hugh Grant. As the new series of Unforgotten begins, Chris discusses the screenwriter's art of wrong-footing the audience.

Presented by Samira Ahmed.
Produced by Angie Nehring.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Costa Book Awards

    Duration: 14:22

  • Unforgotten

    Duration: 06:42

  • John Berger RIP

    Duration: 06:33

Costa Category Awards

Francis Spufford wins the Costa First Novel Award for Golden Hill, an historical novel set in 18th century New York

Sebastian Barry wins the Costa Novel Award – for the second time - with Days Without End which the judges called ‘a miracle of a book’

Debut non-fiction writer Keggie Carew scoops the Costa Biography Award for Dadland, the result of Carew’s 10-year race to unravel the truth about her father’s past as he slips into dementia

Alice Oswald collects the Costa Poetry Award for Falling Awake

Brian Conaghan takes the Costa Children’s Book Award for The Bombs That Brought Us Together

John Berger - RIP

John Berger - RIP
John Berger 

Unforgotten 2

Unforgotten 2
Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar in Unforgotten 2

Unforgotten 2 begins on ITV on 5 Jan at 9 pm

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Lisa Appignanesi
Interviewed Guest Kate Williams
Interviewed Guest Chris Lang
Producer Angie Nehring

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  • Tue 3 Jan 2017 19:15

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