7 December 2012
Dame Beryl Bainbridge has finally been awarded with not one but two Booker prizes — thanks to Today presenter Evan Davis and his introduction on this morning's programme to a piece on an exhibition of her paintings.
Bainbridge was of course famous for being a perpetual Booker bridesmaid — she was shortlisted five times but never won.
Good to see fact-checking at the BBC is alive and well in wake of recent scandals.