Pat Barker

Pat Barker has a large male readership

In a Hardtalk Extra programme broadcast on Friday 3rd August, Gavin Esler spoke to author Pat Barker.

In a rare television interview, Gavin Esler talks to the Booker Prize winning novelist
Pat Barker.

Her latest novel Life Class sees her return to the First World War, the subject of her acclaimed Regeneration series.

She tells Gavin Esler how the twentieth century's two world wars made a huge impact on her upbringing, and her writing.

HARDtalk Extra can be seen on BBC World at 0330 GMT, 0830 GMT, 1430 GMT, and 1830 GMT.

It can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 04:30 and 23:30.