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Lynda La Plante is regarded as the doyenne of British crime drama.
The BAFTA and EMMY award-winning writer and producer is the creator of Prime Suspect, Widows and many other TV series.
In producing and casting her own series, Lynda La Plante has given many actors their first significant roles including Dame Helen Mirren, Ralph Feinnes, Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
She's also written over forty bestselling novels. But now at 81 - she's turned to telling her own story in a new memoir : Getting Away With Murder.
