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Crime Writers: 2: Puzzles - Pure and Complex

BBC One
on BBC One London

Six programmes telling the story of crime fiction from Poe to the present.
Commentary by H.R.F. Keating with Julian Symons, Colin Watson P.D. James, Frederic Dannay

How crime fiction for a time settled into the mould of the 'Golden Age' detective story, as practised by Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers; and how, despite the ingenuity of the puzzles, the form in the end became restrictive.

Contributors

Commentary:
H.R.F. Keating
Interviewee:
Julian Symons
Interviewee:
Colin Watson
Interviewee:
P.D. James
Interviewee:
Frederic Dannay
Studio Director:
Douglas Argent
Producer:
Bernard Adams
Source: Radio Times

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