James Graham on John Maynard Keynes
Great Lives
BBC
4.2 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
James Graham, the award-winning playwright whose work includes the TV dramas "Brexit: The Uncivil War" and "Quiz", tells Matthew Parris why he is inspired by the life and work of John Maynard Keynes. Keynes was not just the revolutionary economist who helped shape the course of post-war history. The programme explores his colourful love life and lifelong passion for the arts. Matthew and James are joined by Linda Yueh, economist and author of "The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today". Producer: Chris Ledgard
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| 0:37.0 | My guest today is James Graham. |
| 0:40.0 | I'd say our leading political playwright. |
| 0:43.0 | James's work delves into periods of political turbulence and explores the human drama. |
| 0:48.8 | The backdrops of his stories ranged from the parliamentary whips offices of the 1970s in his first major success, |
| 0:56.4 | this house, to the offices of the Leave campaign in the TV drama Brexit, The Uncivil War. |
| 1:03.7 | And if you've been binging on box sets, |
| 1:06.2 | you're likely to have been enjoying his work, |
| 1:08.6 | whether you knew it or not, |
| 1:10.0 | he wrote the Prince of Wales episode in Series 3 of The Crown, and the television adaptation |
| 1:16.2 | of his play, Quiz, was a big hit on our TV earlier this year. |
| 1:20.6 | All of this, and he's still not yet 40. |
| 1:23.0 | James, your subject is the revolutionary early 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes, |
| 1:30.0 | known to be a crazy workaholic seems you and he share that trade? |
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