The Adventures of Parsley Rollings. Like "The Herbs", "The Adventures of Parsley" were created and written by Michael Bond, directed by Ivor Wood, and shown on BBC1 where the latter series was first shown on 6 April 1970. The five-minute episodes concluded the day's broadcast of children's programmes, and preceded the BBC's early evening news broadcast. The Adventures of Parsley The Adventures of Parsley was a 32-episode children's television series animated in stop motion. Produced by FilmFair, "The Adventures of Parsley" was a spin-off of "The Herbs". Its opening credits featured either Parsley the lion roaring or Dill the dog barking with their head
What Was Lost Was Lost" was the winner in the first novel category of the Costa Book Awards. O'Flynn received a £5,000 prize. It was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. The Costa Book Awards' judging panel, chaired by Joanna Trollope, praised the novel for "blending humour and pathos in a cleverly constructed and absorbing mystery." They described the novel as inventive, compelling, and poignant. "What Was Lost" was long-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. It was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. It won the Jelf Group First Novel Award