Presented by Simon Winchester
Maeve Binchy and William Boyd discuss
The Wasp Factory: a curious and comic first novel by IAIN BANKS , concerning the macabre obsessions of 16-year-old Frank who inhabits a weird world of murder and madness.
Alexander Fleming : a new biography of the enigmatic Scot who discovered penicillin but mysteriously failed to develop its therapeutic uses. Author Gwyn Macfarlane discovered why.
Producer JENNY COWAN
Executive producer BERNARD CLARK