Martin Amis

Born: 1949-08-25

Sir Martin Louis Amis FRSL (August 25, 1949 – May 19, 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in 1991 for Time's Arrow and longlisted in 2003 for Yellow Dog).

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London Fields

as Julian Neat
Released: 2018-09-20

Clairvoyant femme fatale, Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending...

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A High Wind in Jamaica

as John Thornton
Released: 1965-05-01

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but...

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Good Posture

as Self
Released: 2019-10-04

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Lillian moves in with married couple Julia and Don only to...

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The Meaning of Hitler

as Self
Released: 2021-08-13

This provocative consideration of the lasting influence and draw of Hitler provides insight into...

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Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

as Himself - Writer
Released: 2017-10-10

Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts...

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Timeshift

as Self - Novelist, 'London Fields'
First aired: 2002-10-10

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its...

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