Jack Dee, Joanna Trollope reveals the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist
Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new sitcom Bad Move. Plus Joanna Trollope announces the shortlist for this year's National Short Story Award.
Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new ITV1 sitcom Bad Move, inspired by the idea of downsizing to a supposedly idyllic life in the country.
Joanna Trollope announces the shortlist for this year's BBC National Short Story Award: Will Eaves, Jenni Fagan, Cynan Jones, Helen Oyeyemi and Benjamin Markovits, who joins John in the studio.
Sci-fi writer Lisa Tuttle reviews Electric Dreams, Channel 4's new drama series based on short stories by Philip K. Dick, starring Bryan Cranston.
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Joanna Trollope reveals the NSSA shortlist
Duration: 08:14
Ben Markovits
Duration: 05:32
Electric Dreams reveiw
Duration: 05:10
Jack Dee
Duration: 08:24
National Short Story Awards
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The BBC NSSA shortlist is announced on 15 September 2017.
The winner is announced on 03 October 2017.
Readings of the shortlisted stories will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 18 - 22 September 2017 and the stories will be published in an Award anthology published by Comma Press.
Image: Joanna Trollope, Chair of the NSSA 2017 judges
Jack Dee
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Jack Dee's new 6-part sitcom, Bad Move, is on ITV on Wednesdays at 8.00pm, starting from 20 September 2017.
Images:
Main image above, and smaller image to the right: Jack Dee as Steve in Bad Move.
Images credit: Open Mike Productions
Electric Dreams
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Channel 4's 10-part series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, starts on 17 September 2017 at 9.00pm.
Image: L- R: RB29 (Performer Malik Ibheis, Voice: Christopher Staines), Norton (Jack Reynor) and Irma (Geraldine Chapman) in Impossible Planets, the second episode of Electric Dreams.
Image credit: Christopher Raphael
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