2022 Journalism prize finalist

Glenn Patterson and Conor Garrett

BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds

Glenn Patterson has published eleven novels and five works of non-fiction, most recently The Last Irish Question: Will Six Into Twenty-Six Ever Go? (Head of Zeus) He co-wrote the feature film Good Vibrations (BBC Films) and is currently Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.

Conor Garrett is a BBC audio documentary producer based in Belfast. He makes programmes for BBC Radio 4, Radio 3, World Service and BBC Northern Ireland. His work has been recognised through Celtic Media and PPI awards and Conor won a Special Commendation at the 2021 Prix Europa Festival.

Their shortlisted entries are:

• The Northern Bank Job: Episode One: Unexpected Visitors
• The Northern Bank Job: Episode Five: Cash by the Trolley Load
• The Northern Bank Job: Episode Ten: This Country
• The mystery behind Northern Ireland’s £26.5m bank heist