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3. Lynda La Plante

Women Talking About CarsSeries 3
Episode 3 of 4

Lynda La Plante tells Victoria Coren Mitchell about life and cars she has known, from a Mini Cooper to a Mercedes. From 2018.

Lynda La Plante is the award-winning writer behind Prime Suspect and Widows.

She talks to Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life and the cars she has driven along the way.

From her origins in Liverpool to the stage to the USA and becoming a writer, via a Mini Cooper that turned out to be two Mini Coopers stuck together, a magnificent Mercedes and love at first sight with a Rolls Royce Corniche.

Lynda tells her hilarious, uplifting and thought-provoking life story.

Readings by Sarah Hadland

Producer: Gareth Edwards

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Aug 202523:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Wed 12 Dec 201818:30
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  • Wed 19 Dec 201807:30
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  • Wed 19 Dec 201822:00
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  • Thu 20 Dec 201805:30
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  • Sat 4 Dec 202122:30
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  • Wed 17 May 202307:30
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  • Wed 17 May 202312:30
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  • Thu 18 May 202302:30
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  • Sun 10 Aug 202523:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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