Books Update: You Know Someone Really Enjoyed A Book…
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze/Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: …when they go on to commission a film, TV or radio version of it! This update has four examples. Crime is represented by More Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes, a compilation of the Master Detective’s contemporaries (Hugh Greene), which led to a series on ITV. SF, Fantasy & Horror is represented by John Blackburn’s A Scent Of New-Mown Hay (BBC Radio 2 serial), Pierre Boulle’s Monkey Planet (Planet Of The Apes films, TV series and comics) and Roald Dahl’s Tales Of The Unexpected (ITV series).