In the Studio: Ian Rankin, part one

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ian Rankin has been called “the king of crime fiction”. His Inspector Rebus books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, translated into 37 languages. And yet, as he embarks on writing the next in his series, he reveals that “sitting down and actually writing the books is hard… and it's not getting any easier.” Where does he begin and where might the series end? Recorded across Scotland over several months, we follow Ian Rankin as he gets his next novel into shape.

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0:00.0	From the BBC World Service, welcome to the documentary.
0:05.0	This is in the studio where we tune into the creative minds of some of the
0:15.0	minds of the world's most creative people.
0:16.0	I'm Andy Martin,
0:17.0	and right now I'm stalking the crime writer,
0:20.0	Sir Ian Rankin.
0:22.0	I see that old guy every day, he never talks.
0:25.0	Never speaks.
0:26.0	I should say, this can sense you or stalking.
0:30.0	Aye a.
0:32.0	Ian is allowing us to follow him for his working day.
0:35.0	Yeah, the neighbours wouldn't want me that the bin man do.
0:39.0	And at 8.40 in the morning, this involves literally following him at pace through the streets of
0:45.4	Edinburgh Scotland's capital city. This is where I do my shopping now, get paper
0:51.1	first and coffee.
0:53.0	Ian Rankin, world-renowned writer of crime fiction,
0:59.0	specialist in so-called Tartan-Noir, creator of Detective Inspector John Reibis.
1:07.0	Reader of newspapers, drinker of coffee, maintainer of a strict morning routine.
1:15.0	I'd like to get it 835 to 845. There's no cue.
1:19.0	Can I get a grandi Lante to go please?
1:23.0	All the cup.
1:25.0	There at Ian.
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