Iain Banks: Raw Spirit

Based on The Wasp Factory  by Iain Banks

Iain Banks, one of Scotland's most popular and critically acclaimed authors, died in June 2013. He had revealed in April that he had terminal cancer and subsequently gave a television interview in which he talked in depth to Kirsty Wark about his career, life and facing up to death.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Two Scotland
  • Duration: 58'48''
  • Broadcast date: 2013
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