{"podcast":{"title":"Books on the Beach","slug":"books-on-the-beach-7809736","podcast_index_feed_id":7809736,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110fcd080/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/books-on-the-beach8","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45699712/45699712-1775746386190-6269ef2c22924.jpg","author":"Phil Williams","episode_count":10,"summary":"A brand new Books podcast from broadcaster Phil Williams profiling the Books you'll find on every sunlounger across the Globe. We celebrate the big commercial fiction, non-fiction and children's books by profiling one author each episode. All fully visualised in 4kUHD as well as in audio.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:17:21.423507+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736"},"episode":{"title":"Lynda La Plante","slug":"lynda-la-plante","published_at":"2026-04-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736/lynda-la-plante","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/books-on-the-beach8/episodes/Lynda-La-Plante-e3i6c90","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110fcd080/podcast/play/118746848/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-20%2F422474008-44100-2-849cadbed7bd7.mp3","summary":"Welcome to the first ever episode of Books on the Beach. And what a woman to kick things off with. Lynda La Plante is still crafting page turning thrillers at the age of 83 years young, and in this chat she talks about why she doesn't own any of her Prime Suspect or Widows characters; her association with The Krays and life prisoner Charles Bronson; her career before writing as a jobbing actor in The Sweeney and why she has a body in her cellar..!","meta_description":"Welcome to the first ever episode of Books on the Beach. And what a woman to kick things off with. Lynda La Plante is still crafting page turning thriller…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2891,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-on-the-beach-7809736/episodes/lynda-la-plante/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736/lynda-la-plante.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}