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Malorie Blackman: What If?

imagine...2022

As she prepares to publish her long-awaited autobiography, former children's laureate Malorie Blackman discusses the key moments in her life that made her a writer.

Alan Yentob follows one of Britain’s best-loved writers: Malorie Blackman, former children’s laureate and the first children’s writer to win the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize. Bold, provocative and challenging, her books have plunged children’s literature into previously uncharted waters: her tragic reverse-racism novel Noughts and Crosses challenged assumptions and declared her a writer like no other.

As she prepares to publish her long-awaited autobiography, Malorie discusses the key moments in her life that made her a writer.

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1 hour, 10 minutes

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Fri 13 Oct 202301:45
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterAlan Yentob
DirectorJude Ho
Series EditorAlan Yentob
Executive ProducerTanya Hudson

Broadcasts

  • Mon 31 Oct 202222:40
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Mon 31 Oct 202223:25
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Fri 4 Nov 202200:40
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sat 7 Jan 202302:00
    BBC Two
  • Tue 10 Oct 202323:20
    BBC Four
  • Fri 13 Oct 202301:45
    BBC Four

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