Richard Flanagan: Life After Death
2014 Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels.
Imagine... Richard Flanagan: Life After Death chronicles the life and work of 2014's Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan. The grandson of illiterates, a school drop-out, a river guide, builder's labourer and a passionate campaigner for conservation, Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels, and on to Thailand, to see first-hand the site of the Death Railway - the brutal setting of his award-winning novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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Clips
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The Cave
Duration: 02:51
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Gould's Book of Fish
Duration: 02:22
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Alan Yentob |
Interviewed Guest | Richard Flanagan |
Producer | Jack Cocker |
Director | Jack Cocker |
Series Editor | Alan Yentob |