#130: David Nicholls, novelist and screenwriter

Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls. In 2009 David's novel "One Day" was a global bestseller, published in 40 languages, and he is also the author of "Sweet Sorrow", "Us", "The Understudy" and "Starter for Ten". On screen, David has written adaptations of "Far From the Madding Crowd" and "When Did You Last See Your Father?", as well as turning his own novels, "Starter for Ten" and "One Day", into feature films. His adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s "Patrick Melrose", starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won a BAFTA for best writer. Other works for TV include episodes of "Cold Feet", "Tess of the D’Urbervilles" and two-part love story "The 7.39". We spoke to David about starting out as an actor, his huge success with "One Day" and his parallel career as a screenwriter.