| WILKIE | ___ Collins, author of The Woman In White, which was adapted by the BBC for TV earlier this year (6) |
| BROOM | Room On The ___, children's book that was adapted by the BBC at Christmas 2012 (5) |
| SUZANNE | ___ Collins, author of "The Hunger Games" |
| LOTUS | Water lily such as the white --, which was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt (5) |
| RETRIEVAL | Ball-boys' job broken down by TV earlier (9) |
| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel's historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, recently adapted by the BBC. (4,4) |
| ALISTAIRCOOKE | ____ broadcast his observations on American life, for the BBC, for 58 years |
| STATEOWNED | Told to keep lean, like the BBC for example |
| BAWDEN | Author of The Peppermint Pig, Keeping Henry and Carrie's War, the latter adapted twice for screen by the BBC (6) |
| FUTURE | Trilogy by T.H. White which includes The Sword in the Stone (3,4,3,6,4) |
| WALTER | Chief storyteller and hero of The Woman in White (6,9) |
| BRIDAL | Ribald review of The Woman in White |
| MOLNAR | Author of Liliom, which was adapted into the musical Carousel (6) |
| BRIDGE | The Woman in White garners Grand Cross (6) |
| HYBRID | Content to leave Hardy and The Woman in White unfinished, getting cross (6) |
| LEGEND | I Am _, 1954 Richard Matheson novel which was adapted into a 2007 film starring Will Smith (6) |
| COBWEB | Unfortunately owe BBC for item of spin? (6) |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Poor Miss Finch and the illustrated book narrating his walking tour of Cornwall Rambles Beyond Railways (7) |
| MOONSTONE | Name of the diamond in a 1868 novel by The Woman in White author Wilkie Collins; or, a gem in the feldspar group thought to bring good fortune (9) |
| WILKIECOLLINS | Author of The Woman in White (6,7) |
