#170: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author and screenwriter

<p>Simon and Rachel speak with the author and screenwriter <a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffrankcottrell_b%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&xid=5882c42ed5&uid=57080101&iid=3fe1014fb0&pool=cts&v=2&c=1696256739&h=d4b66d54a5f6a29a1654487d3deffa9b80ebeafc6a8f3e8ffc71f84c9dd7c1df" target="_blank">Frank Cottrell-Boyce</a>. &quot;<a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panmacmillan.com%2Fauthors%2Ffrank-cottrell-boyce%2Fmillions%2F9781529008760&xid=5882c42ed5&uid=57080101&iid=3fe1014fb0&pool=cts&v=2&c=1696256739&h=182d7cee5178fff49997e236495caf3047aee4396a86ff57ee001c388418fce6" target="_blank">Millions</a>&quot;, his debut children&#39;s novel, published in 2004, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of &quot;Noah&#39;s Gold&quot;, &quot;Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again&quot;, &quot;Cosmic&quot;, &quot;Framed&quot;, &quot;The Astounding Broccoli Boy&quot; and &quot;Runaway Robot&quot;. His books have been shortlisted for numerous other prizes, including the <em>Guardian</em> Children&#39;s Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children&#39;s Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Along with Danny Boyle, Frank also devised the <a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4As0e4de-rI&xid=5882c42ed5&uid=57080101&iid=3fe1014fb0&pool=cts&v=2&c=1696256739&h=e1e9c9a2098648821f6064decce38cb543151e256cb9bd7bcf5f0983a479d8d5" target="_blank">Opening Ceremony for the London Olympics in 2012</a>. He has written for the hit TV series &quot;Dr Who&quot; and was the screenwriter for films including<em> &quot;</em><a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1653665%2F&xid=5882c42ed5&uid=57080101&iid=3fe1014fb0&pool=cts&v=2&c=1696256739&h=683635b7ecbefc5db19cd5e6bb802bd7f1c6db126cae49bfe27072074c281299" target="_blank">Goodbye Christopher Robin</a>&quot; and &quot;Millions&quot;. We spo