{"product_id":"book-gok7","title":"Foreign Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Lawson takes an international look at celebrated literary detectives, talking to their creators to explore how mystery fiction reflects society's trends and tensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Masterly'' \u003cb\u003eGillian Reynolds, The Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout its long history, crime fiction has broadened our horizons, introducing us to unfamiliar places, people and cultures and showing us new ways of looking at the world. In this fascinating series, Mark Lawson takes a global tour of the genre, putting detective novels under the magnifying glass to examine how they have depicted - and predicted - social and political change. Focussing on famous fictional investigators - from Hercule Poirot, Jules Maigret, Van der Valk and Martin Beck; through Dalgliesh, Rebus, Jane Tennison and Harry Hole; to Benny Griessel, Tess Monaghan and Easy Rawlins - he explores what these iconic protagonists can tell us about the historic character of their nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the framework of their cases, he pursues the shadows of the Second World War and the Cold War; conflicts between the politics of the left and right; the rise of nationalism; and the pressures caused by migration. He also finds out how crime novels have portrayed transitional societies in South Africa and Northern Ireland; examined the legacies of military rule in Argentina and the Castro revolution in Cuba; and tackled post-colonialism in Australia and Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelping Lawson with his inquiries are authors including Andrea Camilleri, who discusses the effects of both the Mafia and Berlusconi on Italian society; Brian McGilloway, who talks about the Troubles and the wave of Irish crime fiction that the peace process has provoked; and Petros Markaris, whose detective series prophesied the Greek financial crisis. Plus, Laura Lippman and Walter Mosley reveal how they introduced the experience of women and black Americans into their work; Russian writer Boris Akunin and Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov meditate on Dostoevsky, Putin, censorship and their different approaches to crime writing; and in a special episode on TV detectives, Lawson talks to creative talent from the ITV hit \u003ci\u003eBroadchurch\u003c\/i\u003e, the Danish show \u003ci\u003eThe Killing\u003c\/i\u003e and the French success \u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eabout the medium's suitability as a crime scene and the rise of female investigators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and presented by Mark Lawson\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Robyn Read and Martin Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelgium - Hercule Poirot and Jules Maigret\u003c\/i\u003e 22 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Val McDermid, Lord Grey Gowrie, Andrea Camilleri and David Suchet\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGermany - Inspector Barlach\u003c\/i\u003e 23 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Josie Rourke, Simon McBurney, Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, Katharina Hall and Ferdinand von Schirach\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCzechoslovakia - Lieutenant Boruvka\u003c\/i\u003e 24 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Paul Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNetherlands - Commissaris Van Der Valk\u003c\/i\u003e 25 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Lord Grey Gowrie and Saskia Noort\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweden - Inspector Martin Beck\u003c\/i\u003e 26 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell, Åsa Larsson, Camilla Lackberg, Jens Lapidus, Val McDermid and Gunnar Staalesen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUK - Commander Dalgliesh and Chief Inspector Wexford\u003c\/i\u003e 29 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith PD James and Ruth Rendell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSicily - Inspector Rogas\u003c\/i\u003e 30 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Paul Bailey, Gianrico Carofiglio, Andrea Camilleri and Petra Reski\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpain - PI Pepe Carvalho\u003c\/i\u003e 31 October 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Antonio Hill and Jason Webster\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritain - DCI Jane Tennison\u003c\/i\u003e 1 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Lynda La Plante, Saskia Noort, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItaly - Inspector Montalbano\u003c\/i\u003e 2 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Andrea Camilleri\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGermany - PI Kemal Kayankaya\u003c\/i\u003e 5 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Jakob Arjouni\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotland - DI John Rebus\u003c\/i\u003e 6 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweden - Kurt Wallander and Lisbeth Salander\u003c\/i\u003e 7 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Henning Mankell, Kenneth Branagh, Liza Marklund, Camilla Läckberg and Eva Gabrielsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorway - Harry Hole\u003c\/i\u003e 8 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Jo Nesbø, Liza Marklund and Gunnar Staalesen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin\u003c\/i\u003e 9 November 2012\u003cbr\u003eWith Boris Akunin, Ian Rankin and Andrey Kurkov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreece - Inspector Costas Haritos\u003c\/i\u003e 8 July 2013\u003cbr\u003eWith Petros Markaris\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArgentina - Superintendent Perro Lascano\u003c\/i\u003e 9 July 2013\u003cbr\u003eWith Ernesto Mallo and Claudia Pineiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIreland - Inspector Benedict Devlin\u003c\/i\u003e 10 July 2013\u003cbr\u003eWith Brian McGilloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Africa - Detective Captain Bennie Griessel\u003c\/i\u003e 11 July 2013\u003cbr\u003eWith Deon Meyer and Sifiso Mzobe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScreenland - DS Ellie Miller, DI Sarah Lund, Captain Laure Berthaud\u003c\/i\u003e 12 July 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuba \u003c\/i\u003e 17 November 2014\u003cbr\u003eWith Leonardo Padura and Caroline Garcia-Aquilera\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA\u003c\/i\u003e 18 November 2014\u003cbr\u003eWith Laura Lippman and Walter Mosley\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoland\u003c\/i\u003e 19 November 2014\u003cbr\u003eWith Zygmunt Miloszewski and Joanna Jodelka\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralia\u003c\/i\u003e 20 November 2014\u003cbr\u003eWith Peter Temple and Gabrielle Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e 21 November 2014\u003cbr\u003eWith Helon Habila and CM Okonkwo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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