More Rosebud - Lynda La Plante

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Lynda La Plante - the writer, producer and creator of landmark dramas Widows and Prime Suspect - is Gyles's guest today. Lynda is the powerhouse behind some of the UK's most watched television, and she's also the powerhouse behind this episode of Rosebud - which is full of brilliant stories to make you gasp, laugh and cry. From her childhood growing up on the outskirts of Merseyside in a family tainted by tragedy, to her days at Rada and her first career as an actress, to her experiences trying to conceive and finally adopting her son - Gyles hears the full story of Lynda's remarkable life. Lynda's memoirs, Getting Away With Murder, are out in paperback, and the audiobook is also out now - with star turns from Dawn French and Helen Mirren. Her new novel, Crucified, is also just out. Thank you to Lynda for this wonderful interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.0	Welcome to more Rosebud with me, Charles Brandreuth.
1:09.9	Thank you. to more Rosebud with me, Charles Brandreuth. This is Rosebud. I'm Charles Brandreth.
1:31.5	And today my guest is Linda LaPlante.
1:35.3	We've had, oh, more than 100 guests on Rosebud.
1:39.2	But I don't think we've had, frankly, a storyteller to rival this one.
1:45.7	Linda Leplant tells an amazing story.
1:48.4	That won't surprise you, if you know, that she's the person who created prime suspect.
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