BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Foreign Bodies

Documentaries

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Factual: History

Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.

Foreign Bodies: Series 3

Foreign Bodies: Series 3: Episode 4: Australia

Episode 4

Episode 4: Australia

Series 3

Australia

BBC Radio 4 - Foreign Bodies, Series 3, Australia

Peter Temple on portraying a society shaped by both British colonialism and American power

Australia's leading crime novelist Peter Temple talks to Mark Lawson about depicting a society shaped by both British colonialism and American power.

To complement Radio 4's major dramatisations of The Havana Quartet by Cuba's leading crime writer, Leonardo Padura, Mark Lawson, in Foreign Bodies, examines how mystery novels have reflected five different political systems.

Australia's leading crime novelist, the South African-born Peter Temple -- whose books include The Broken Shore and Truth -- talks to Mark Lawson about depicting a society shaped by both British colonialism and American power and why Australian crime fiction should contain as few words as possible.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels have reflected five different political systems.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Foreign Bodies

Series 3

Episode 4: Australia

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4