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EPISODE · Aug 30, 2025 · 47 MIN

#491: Marianne Colbran, TV scriptwriter turned criminologist

from Collected: The Podcast · host Royal Literary Fund

Presenter Doug Johnstone is joined by Marianne Colbran, whose work explores how media presentations of crime and the police differ from reality. They discuss finding your voice in academic writing, the pressures of TV writers' rooms and how an unexpected stint as a magazine sex expert launched Marianne's writing career. © Royal Literary Fund www.rlf.org.uk

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