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1. • • “No,” is the short answer. She has written off the whole genre – apart from Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley, which she rates highly.
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   Who is Lynda La Plante?

   • Lynda La Plante was born Lynda Joy Titchmarsh on 15 March 1943 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] La Plante's older sister Dail was killed in a road accident, at the age of five, before she was born. [ 7 ][ 8 ] Her younger sister, Gill Titchmarsh is a casting director, and the two have often worked together. [ 9 ]

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   Does La Plante watch other police dramas?

   • I ask La Plante if she watches other police dramas like Line of Duty or Unforgotten. “No,” is the short answer. She has written off the whole genre – apart from Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley, which she rates highly. “I find the dramatic licence preposterous,” she says of the rest of them. “So I’m not interested.

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   How many books does La Plante write a year?

   • La Plante is averaging “four books” a year – “that’s pretty much writing 24/7”, she says. It’s impressive. Her new book, Judas Horse, is the second in the Detective Jack Warr crime series after last year’s Buried. This one is about violent burglars terrorising residents in the Cotswolds, near to the celebrity hotspot Soho Farmhouse.

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   Is La Plante a forensic scientist?

   • In 2009 La Plante was inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame and most recently, in 2013, La Plante was awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the Forensic Science Society (FSSoc), the first non-scientist to be inducted into the professional body; receiving the award for the accuracy with which she portrays forensic science in her work.

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   When did La Plante start working on prime suspect?

   • In 1990 La Plante started working on her next television project, Prime Suspect, which was released by Granada Television in 1991. Prime Suspect starred Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, airing in the UK as well as on PBS in the United States as part of the anthology program Mystery!.

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   Did La Plante get a job at RADA?

   • La Plante trained at Rada, where fellow students included Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt – but was told her job prospects weren’t good because she was “short and plain”. She gave it a shot anyway. As Lynda Marchal, her stage name, she appeared in The Sweeney, The Professionals, and Bergerac.

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   Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE (née Titchmarsh; born 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's Diamond Dagger award for her outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and ...

4. www.itv.com › news › granadaLynda La Plante on why she's opening up about her life of ...

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   Sep 6, 2024 · The crime writer Lynda La Plante has lifted the lid on her amazing career, in a new memoir. The actor, author and screen writer's latest book entitled 'Getting away with murder',...

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   Aug 24, 2017 · A legendary screen writer, Lynda La Plante’s greatest creation is Jane Tennison, the detective inspector played by Helen Mirren who dominated TV screens in the 1990s series Prime Suspect. She won an Edgar Award for her work on the series in 1993, but has so many other television shows and books to her name that it’s hard to list them all.

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   Apr 11, 2021 · The hit crime writer changed the face of television with her groundbreaking female DCI Jane Tennison, who was played by Helen Mirren. But, she tells Charlotte Cripps, the TV production...

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8. www.standard.co.uk › news › ukLynda La Plante wins crime writing award for career ...

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   Jan 23, 2024 · Lynda La Plante has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to crime writing. The 80-year-old British author, actress and screenwriter was awarded the prize after she “redefined...

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9. www.irishexaminer.com › lifestyle › artsandcultureAuthor interview: By the book: La Plante recounts a life ...

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   Oct 18, 2024 · The impact that La Plante’s ground-breaking television shows Widows and Prime Suspect had on the cultural landscape cannot be underestimated — not to mention the raft of bestselling crime...

10. www.lep.co.uk › arts-and-culture › booksGetting Away with Murder by Lynda La Plante: book review

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    Oct 8, 2024 · Liverpool-born Lynda La Plante, who was commissioned to write her memoir in her eightieth year, has achieved success and awards beyond the dreams of most crime authors... three BAFTAs, a...