Aug 25, 2026 · 48 min · 11 segments
Best-selling author JJ Arcanjo of the hit Crookhaven series (and TV series) takes us back to 1995 with his flashback track: Kaoma by Lambada, and what a journey it takes us on! Join me, Thomas Leeds…
JJ ArcanjoGuest
Thomas LeedsHost
So for a lot of authors, it kind of is the dream scenario where obviously we all want to see our books published-
Was there a moment where you realized this is happening? So this TV, you know, the BBC-
When we first had the conversation, I really, you know, my, my, my agent had said to me, um, "Just so you know, uh, if any production company comes in, it's a very high chance they will take your rights.
Uh, I was having conversations, and then, uh, different companies and then the BBC, we sat down with them, and they just were like, "We want you involved."
"We want y- we want to make this, you know, we want to put the books at the heart of this production.
We, we want you to be involved to read the scripts." I got to be involved in the casting.
So for a lot of authors, it kind of is the dream scenario where obviously we all want to see our books published-
Was there a moment where you realized this is happening? So this TV, you know, the BBC-
When we first had the conversation, I really, you know, my, my, my agent had said to me, um, "Just so you know, uh, if any production company comes in, it's a very high chance they will take your rights.
Uh, I was having conversations, and then, uh, different companies and then the BBC, we sat down with them, and they just were like, "We want you involved."
"We want y- we want to make this, you know, we want to put the books at the heart of this production.
We, we want you to be involved to read the scripts." I got to be involved in the casting.
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