Will Self is going to be a guest on This Week tonight on BBC1 at 11.35pm talking about stigma in relation to gay marriage and child sex grooming.
Will Self: Television
The Minor Character on Sky Arts 1
Fun interview between Will Self and David Tennant in the Evening Standard about Will’s short story The Minor Character, which has been turned into a short film on Sky Arts, and which stars David Tennant as “Will”, 12 April, 9pm on Sky Arts 1 (sky.com/arts).
George Galloway on Newsnight
To watch Will Self debating George Galloway’s byelection win in Bradford West on Newsnight last night, go here.
Will Self On Renationalising The Railways
Medhi Hasan provides a recap of Will Self’s comments on Question Time about renationalising the UK railways as part of his regular New Statesman column.
You can watch the most recent edition of Question Time online through BBC iPlayer.
Question Time
Will Self is going to be appearing on Question Time tomorrow night on BBC1 at 10.35pm, from Guildford. Other guests are Eric Pickles, Caroline Flint, Janice Atkinson-Small and Will Young. Watch again here.
David Tennant To Appear In Adaptation Of A Will Self Short Story
Actor David Tennant, a former Doctor in Dr Who, will be playing the role of Will, a “witty, acerbic artist” in a one-off drama for Sky Arts based on “The Minor Character”, a short story by Will Self. “The Minor Character” was published in the collection The Undivided Self. Further details to follow.
You can find The Undivided Self at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.
You can also listen to Will reading The Minor Character.
On JG Ballard: Cities, Suburbs and Edgelands
Watch Will Self and John Gray talking about JG Ballard at the recent Bristol conference Festival of Ideas.
Newsnight: The London Olympics
Watch Will Self on Newsnight tonight at 10.30pm on BBC2 talking about the Olympics with, among others, Seb Coe and Iain Sinclair.
You can watch Self’s appearance again here.
Newsnight
Watch Will Self on Newsnight tonight at 10.30pm BBC2 talking about the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks’ appearances at the select committee today. Other guests include Carl Bernstein, Michael Grade, Earl Spencer and Alan Rusbridger.
Newsnight: Is this a watershed moment for British journalism?
Watch Will Self tonight on BBC2′s Newsnight, where he’ll be one of the guests answering the question: Is this a watershed moment for British journalism?
You can watch the programme again here until July 15. Self appears with Steve Coogan and others at around the 36-minute mark.