Samuel Johnson Prize - 2008 - The Prize

Kirsty Wark presents coverage of the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, rewarding the best and brightest of current non-fiction writing competing for the top prize of 30,000 pounds. Coverage includes the ceremony from London's Southbank Centre and short films about each of the six short-listed books, whilst Kirsty Wark discusses the nominees with chair of this year's judging panel Rosie Boycott and her fellow judges. The programme culminates in the presentation of this year's award and an interview with the winner of this the tenth anniversary prize of the prestigious non-fiction prize. The books in contention are: Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher; Crow Country by Mark Cocker; The Whisperers by Orlando Figes; The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S.Naipaul; The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross; The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Or The Murder At Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale.