William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Rillington Place, Johnny Cash
William Finnegan, the winner of Sports Book of the Year, and his fellow shortlisted writers, poet Paul Muldoon on Johnny Cash, and Natasha Cooper on Rillington Place.
It was announced today that William Finnegan has won the 2016 William Hill Sports Book of the Year for his book Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. John Wilson reports from the ceremony and speaks to each of the authors of the seven shortlisted books, including Diana Nyad, who, aged 64, became the first person to swim the 100-mile stretch of shark-infested ocean between Cuba and Florida.
Rillington Place, a street in West London, became notorious as the home of John Christie, the serial killer who framed another man, Timothy Evans, for one of his murders. Evans was hanged in 1950 and it would be another three years before Christie was convicted. The story is the subject of a new three-part ´óÏó´«Ã½ drama starring Tim Roth and Samantha Morton. Crime writer Natasha Cooper reviews.
Johnny Cash Forever Words is a collection of previously unpublished and unseen poems by the singer songwriter. They were discovered by his son, John Carter Cash, who asked the poet Paul Muldoon to select 41 poems from 200. Muldoon discusses Cash's strengths as a poet and what distinguishes poems from lyrics.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Rachel Simpson.
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William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Duration: 13:27
Rillington Place
Duration: 05:17
Johnny Cash
Duration: 08:49
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Winner:Ìý
Barbarian Days: A Surfing LifeÌýby William FinneganÌý
Shortlist:
Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zátopek by Rick Broadbent
Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football’s Lost Genius by Oliver Kay
Chasing Shadows: The Life & Death of Peter Roebuck by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge
Mr Darley’s Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life – A History of Racing in 25 Horses by Christopher McGrath
Find a Way: One Untamed and Courageous Life by Diana Nyad
Mister: The Men Who Taught the World How to Beat England at Their Own Game by Rory Smith
Main picture shows John Inverdale and William Finnegan
Photo credit: Jerome WeatheraldRillington Place
Tim Roth as Christie in Rillington Place
Rillington Place begins on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One on Tuesday 29 November at 9pmJohnny Cash - Forever Words - The Unknown Poems
Photo shows: Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash - Forever Words is available nowCredits
Role Contributor Interviewed Guest William Finnegan Interviewed Guest Diana Nyad Interviewed Guest Natasha Cooper Interviewed Guest Paul Muldoon Presenter John Wilson Producer Rachel Simpson Broadcast
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