From Pingu to Pinot Noir: Olly Smith’s Unlikely Route to Wine Crime

Before Olly Smith became one of Britain’s best known wine experts, he was writing scripts for Pingu. And now he’s turned to murder.

For the series six finale, Olly joins David Headley to talk about Death by Noir, his first “wine crime” novel. He shares how its eccentric wine shop detective came to him, why wine lovers and book collectors have more in common than you might think, plus the surprising route that took him from screenwriting to putting his own spin on the crime fiction genre.

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