LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Roddy Doyle wins Booker Prize

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Report on the 25th Booker Prize Awards at London’s Guildhall at which author Roddy Doyle won the grand prize for his novel, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Speakers are writers Salman Rushdie and Malcolm Bradbury; Heritage Secretary, Peter Brooke; William Hill bookmakers spokesman Graham Sharpe; Chairman of the judging panel, Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, or Grey Gowrie); and Roddy Doyle. Tanya Hines reports.

Contributors

Peter Brooke; Salman Rushdie; Graham Sharpe; Tanya Hines; Malcolm Bradbury; Roddy Doyle; Grey Gowrie

Keywords

Awards; London; Literature; Literary prizes; Booker prize; Roddy Doyle; Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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