Sarah Dunant
Broadcasting career
Broadcasting career
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She worked at [BBC Radio 4](/wiki/BBC_Radio_4 "BBC Radio 4") for two years in [London](/wiki/London "London"), producing its then arts magazine programme [*Kaleidoscope*](/wiki/Kaleidoscope_%28UK_radio_series%29 "Kaleidoscope (UK radio series)"), before travelling again, this time overland through North, Central and South America, a trip that became research material for her first solo novel *Snow Storms in Hot Climate* (1988\), a thriller about the early [cocaine](/wiki/Cocaine "Cocaine") trade in [Colombia](/wiki/Colombia "Colombia").Evening Standard 1999\. Independent March13th Profile by Peter Stanford. 2006

She went on to work extensively in radio and television, most notably as a presenter of [BBC2](/wiki/BBC2 "BBC2")'s late\-night live arts programme *[The Late Show](/wiki/The_Late_Show_%28British_TV_programme%29 "The Late Show (British TV programme)")* in the 1990s and *[Night Waves](/wiki/Night_Waves "Night Waves")*, [BBC Radio 3](/wiki/BBC_Radio_3 "BBC Radio 3")'s nightly cultural discussion programme.

She contributes regularly to radio, and is an occasional presenter for BBC Radio 4's opinion slot [*A Point of View*](/wiki/List_of_BBC_Radio_4_programmes "List of BBC Radio 4 programmes").


Where did she work for two years before travelling again?