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Start the Week: Police drama with playwright Roy Williams

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07/04/2014

Police drama with playwright Roy Williams

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Police drama with playwright Roy Williams

Tom Sutcliffe with Roy Williams, Sam Bain, Christian Plowman and Jennifer Brown.

Tom Sutcliffe discusses the police with playwright Roy Williams, TV writer Sam Bain, former undercover officer Christian Plowman and criminologist Jennifer Brown.

Tom Sutcliffe looks at both the reality of police life and its portrayal. The playwright Roy Williams's latest drama is set in a police station in Kingston, Jamaica, revealing a world of corruption and intrigue. TV writer Sam Bain, of Peep Show fame, talks about Babylon, a drama which take a wry look at modern policing. The former police officer Christian Plowman explains what life was like undercover, and the criminologist Jennifer Brown looks back at the history of policing in the UK.
Producer: Katy Hickman.

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