Great Lives: The Talented Mr Ripley Author, Patricia Highsmith

Series 23, episode 0

Director Jonathan Kent joins Matthew Parris to pay tribute to Patricia Highsmith, 100 years since her birth in 1921. A personal friend of Kent, Highsmith was best known as the writer of The Talented Mr Ripley, but was also the author of Strangers on a Train, adapted into a classic movie by Alfred Hitchcock. With contributions from director Anthony Minghella and biographer Andrew Wilson

Cast (unconfirmed)

Matthew Parris
Jonathan Kent