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'Les Misérables needs a champion'
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The screenwriter reveals Victor Hugo's classic will be his next television adaptation.
  1. 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
    01:20
    'Les Misérables needs a champion'
  2. The cinematic writing of Tolstoy
    01:06
    The cinematic writing of Tolstoy
  3. Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
    02:00
    Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
  4. Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
    06:01
    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
  5. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
    07:45
    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  6. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
    03:41
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  7. Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
    03:40
    Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
  8. Jonathan Dimbleby on breaking the Enigma code - and nearly losing the war
    02:42
    Jonathan Dimbleby on breaking the Enigma code - and nearly losing the war
  9. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
  10. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  11. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
    01:22
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
  12. Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
    02:36
    Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
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