Mark Billingham talking about his change of career from comedian to writer of crime fiction.

This conversation was recorded when Mark's first Thom Thorne novel, Sleepy Head, was published.

It's interesting to note that the UK health service comes under scrutiny in the story and Mark concludes that the problem even then was funding. Some things don't change.

When asked about his own literary enthusiasms Mark comes up with cheers for Ian Rankin and Val McDermid and a whole group of American writers.