A Good Read

One Hundred Fifty Three episodes. First broadcast from 19900705 to 20080801.

 
 
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Programme Catalogue - Details: Kate Adie/nigel Barley19900705 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: NICHOLAS GARLAND/IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA
Previous in series: BIDDY BAXTER/NICHOLAS GARLAND
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Kate ADIE & Nigel BARLEY to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
05 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
08 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Kate Adie (Speaker)
Nigel Barley (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-07-03.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Kate Adie/nigel Barley19900708 First broadcast on 1990-07-05
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: NICHOLAS GARLAND/IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA
Previous in series: BIDDY BAXTER/NICHOLAS GARLAND
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Kate ADIE & Nigel BARLEY to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
05 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
08 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Kate Adie (Speaker)
Nigel Barley (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-07-03.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Nicholas Garland/irina Ratushinskaya19900712 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: HELENA KENNEDY/JONATHON PORRITT
Previous in series: KATE ADIE/NIGEL BARLEY
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Nicholas GARLAND & Irina RATUSHINSKAYA about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
12 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
15 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Irina Ratushinskaya (Speaker)
Nicholas Garland (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-06-06.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Nicholas Garland/irina Ratushinskaya19900715 First broadcast on 1990-07-12
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: HELENA KENNEDY/JONATHON PORRITT
Previous in series: KATE ADIE/NIGEL BARLEY
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Nicholas GARLAND & Irina RATUSHINSKAYA about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
12 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
15 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Irina Ratushinskaya (Speaker)
Nicholas Garland (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-06-06.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Helena Kennedy/jonathon Porritt19900719 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: GRACE ROBERTSON/QUENTIN BLAKE
Previous in series: NICHOLAS GARLAND/IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Jonathon PORRITT & Helena KENNEDY to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
19 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
22 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Jonathon Porritt (Speaker)
Helena Kennedy (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-05-03.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Helena Kennedy/jonathon Porritt19900722 First broadcast on 1990-07-19
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: GRACE ROBERTSON/QUENTIN BLAKE
Previous in series: NICHOLAS GARLAND/IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Jonathon PORRITT & Helena KENNEDY to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
19 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
22 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Jonathon Porritt (Speaker)
Helena Kennedy (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-05-03.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Grace Robertson/quentin Blake19900726 Producer: SUE ROBERTS
Next in series: HELEN LEDERER/WILLIE RUSHTON
Previous in series: HELENA KENNEDY/JONATHON PORRITT
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Grace ROBERTSON & Quentin BLAKE to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
26 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
29 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Quentin Blake (Speaker)
Grace Robertson (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-02-27.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Grace Robertson/quentin Blake19900729 First broadcast on 1990-07-26
Producer: SUE ROBERTS
Next in series: HELEN LEDERER/WILLIE RUSHTON
Previous in series: HELENA KENNEDY/JONATHON PORRITT
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Grace ROBERTSON & Quentin BLAKE to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
26 Jul 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
29 Jul 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Quentin Blake (Speaker)
Grace Robertson (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-02-27.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Helen Lederer/willie Rushton19900802 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: WENDY COPE/SIMON RAE
Previous in series: GRACE ROBERTSON/QUENTIN BLAKE
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Helen LEDERER & Willie RUSHTON talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
02 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
05 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Willie Rushton (Speaker)
Helen Lederer (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-02-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Helen Lederer/willie Rushton19900805 First broadcast on 1990-08-02
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: WENDY COPE/SIMON RAE
Previous in series: GRACE ROBERTSON/QUENTIN BLAKE
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Helen LEDERER & Willie RUSHTON talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
02 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
05 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Willie Rushton (Speaker)
Helen Lederer (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-02-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Wendy Cope/simon Rae19900809 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: Michael Bentine/HEATHER COUPER
Previous in series: HELEN LEDERER/WILLIE RUSHTON
Description
SBH:A GOOD READ - an example of the series. Edward Blishen invites poets Simon Rae and Wendy Cope to discuss their choice of paperbacks which they consider to be 'a good read'. They choose: 'Lucky Jim' (Kingsley Amis); 'Keeping the Faith' (Carol Clulow); 'Ridley Walker' (Russell Hoban); 'The Compleet Molesworth' (Geoffrey Willans/Ronald Searle). Producer: Susan Roberts.
Broadcast history
09 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
12 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Kingsley Amis (Author)
Russell Hoban (Author)
Geoffrey Willans (Author)
Carol Clulow (Author)
Simon Rae (rdr)
Edward Blishen (rdr)
Wendy Cope (rdr)
Notes: CAIRS 437394.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Wendy Cope/simon Rae19900812 First broadcast on 1990-08-09
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: Michael Bentine/HEATHER COUPER
Previous in series: HELEN LEDERER/WILLIE RUSHTON
Description
SBH:A GOOD READ - an example of the series. Edward Blishen invites poets Simon Rae and Wendy Cope to discuss their choice of paperbacks which they consider to be 'a good read'. They choose: 'Lucky Jim' (Kingsley Amis); 'Keeping the Faith' (Carol Clulow); 'Ridley Walker' (Russell Hoban); 'The Compleet Molesworth' (Geoffrey Willans/Ronald Searle). Producer: Susan Roberts.
Broadcast history
09 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
12 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Kingsley Amis (Author)
Russell Hoban (Author)
Geoffrey Willans (Author)
Carol Clulow (Author)
Simon Rae (rdr)
Edward Blishen (rdr)
Wendy Cope (rdr)
Notes: CAIRS 437394.
Programme Catalogue - Details: michael Bentine/heather Couper19900816 Next in series: TOM CRABTREE/ANDREA NEWMAN
Previous in series: WENDY COPE/SIMON RAE
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Michael Bentine & Heather COUPER to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
16 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
19 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Michael Bentine (Speaker)
Heather Couper (Speaker)
Recorded on 1989-11-20.
Programme Catalogue - Details: michael Bentine/heather Couper19900819 First broadcast on 1990-08-16
Next in series: TOM CRABTREE/ANDREA NEWMAN
Previous in series: WENDY COPE/SIMON RAE
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Michael Bentine & Heather COUPER to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
16 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
19 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Michael Bentine (Speaker)
Heather Couper (Speaker)
Recorded on 1989-11-20.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Tom Crabtree/andrea Newman19900823 Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: CARYL PHILLIPS/FRED D'AGUIAR
Previous in series: Michael Bentine/HEATHER COUPER
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Andrea NEWMAN & Tom CRABTREE to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
23 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
26 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Andrea Newman (Speaker)
Tom Crabtree (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-07-02.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Tom Crabtree/andrea Newman19900826 First broadcast on 1990-08-23
Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: CARYL PHILLIPS/FRED D'AGUIAR
Previous in series: Michael Bentine/HEATHER COUPER
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Andrea NEWMAN & Tom CRABTREE to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
23 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
26 Aug 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Andrea Newman (Speaker)
Tom Crabtree (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-07-02.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Caryl Phillips/fred D'aguiar19900830 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: PAULINE MELVILLE/TONY ROBINSON
Previous in series: TOM CRABTREE/ANDREA NEWMAN
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Fred D'AGUIAR & Caryl PHILLPS to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
30 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
02 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Caryl Phillips (Speaker)
Fred D'Aguiar (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-06-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Caryl Phillips/fred D'aguiar19900902 First broadcast on 1990-08-30
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: PAULINE MELVILLE/TONY ROBINSON
Previous in series: TOM CRABTREE/ANDREA NEWMAN
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Fred D'AGUIAR & Caryl PHILLPS to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
30 Aug 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
02 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Caryl Phillips (Speaker)
Fred D'Aguiar (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-06-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Pauline Melville/tony Robinson19900906 Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: MIRIAM STOPPARD/MICHAEL O'DONNELL
Previous in series: CARYL PHILLIPS/FRED D'AGUIAR
Broadcast history
06 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
09 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1990-07-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Pauline Melville/tony Robinson19900909 First broadcast on 1990-09-06
Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: MIRIAM STOPPARD/MICHAEL O'DONNELL
Previous in series: CARYL PHILLIPS/FRED D'AGUIAR
Broadcast history
06 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
09 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1990-07-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Miriam Stoppard/michael O'donnell19900913 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: MARY RIDDELL/GLENYS KINNOCK
Previous in series: PAULINE MELVILLE/TONY ROBINSON
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Miriam STOPPARD & Michael O'DONNELL to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
13 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
16 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Miriam Stoppard (Speaker)
Michael O'Donnell (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-03-26.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Miriam Stoppard/michael O'donnell19900916 First broadcast on 1990-09-13
Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: MARY RIDDELL/GLENYS KINNOCK
Previous in series: PAULINE MELVILLE/TONY ROBINSON
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Miriam STOPPARD & Michael O'DONNELL to talk about four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
13 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
16 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Miriam Stoppard (Speaker)
Michael O'Donnell (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-03-26.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Mary Riddell/glenys Kinnock19900920 Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: ROALD DAHL/RUTH THOMAS ELLIS
Previous in series: MIRIAM STOPPARD/MICHAEL O'DONNELL
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Glenys KINNOCK & Mary RIDDELL to chose four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
23 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Glenys Kinnock (Speaker)
Mary Riddell (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-08-30.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Mary Riddell/glenys Kinnock19900923 First broadcast on 1990-09-20
Producer: BEEBY, V
Next in series: ROALD DAHL/RUTH THOMAS ELLIS
Previous in series: MIRIAM STOPPARD/MICHAEL O'DONNELL
Description
Edward BLISHEN invites Glenys KINNOCK & Mary RIDDELL to chose four paperbacks they consider a good read. Prod Susan ROBERTS.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
23 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Susan Roberts (Producer)
Glenys Kinnock (Speaker)
Mary Riddell (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-08-30.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Roald Dahl/ruth Thomas Ellis19900927 Producer: S. ROBERTS-BS
Next in series: RUTH RENDELL/KINGSLEY AMIS
Previous in series: MARY RIDDELL/GLENYS KINNOCK
Broadcast history
27 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
30 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1990-09-18.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Roald Dahl/ruth Thomas Ellis19900930 First broadcast on 1990-09-27
Producer: S. ROBERTS-BS
Next in series: RUTH RENDELL/KINGSLEY AMIS
Previous in series: MARY RIDDELL/GLENYS KINNOCK
Broadcast history
27 Sep 1990 16:05-16:35 (RADIO 4)
30 Sep 1990 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1990-09-18.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Carmen Callil/tariq Ali19910711 Producer: ROBERTS, S
Next in series: TARIQ ALI/CARMEN CALLIL
Previous in series: KINGSLEY AMIS/RUTH RENDELL
Broadcast history
11 Jul 1991 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 2)
Recorded on 1991-04-22.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Jocasta Innes/rory Stuart (short)19960103 Producer: C.COLLIER
Next in series: SALLY VINCENT/NICK REVELL
Previous in series: VERNON SCANNELL/PAUL VAUGHAN
Broadcast history
03 Jan 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1995-12-20.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Esther Selsden/richard Cohen (long)19960107 First broadcast on 1995-12-24
Producer: S.MARMION
Next in series: VERNON SCANNELL/PAUL VAUGHAN
Previous in series: EVELYN GLENNIE/PATRICK MOORE
Broadcast history
24 Dec 1995 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
07 Jan 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1995-12-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Sally Vincent/nick Revell19960110 Producer: E.RILEY
Next in series: NICK REVELL/SALLY VINCENT
Previous in series: JOCASTA INNES/RORY STUART (SHORT)
Broadcast history
10 Jan 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1995-12-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Nick Revell/sally Vincent19960114 Producer: E. RILEY
Next in series: COLIN BLAKEMORE/HEATHER COUPER (SHORT)
Previous in series: SALLY VINCENT/NICK REVELL
Description
Edward BLISHEN and his guests Ncik REVELL & Sally VINCENT discuss three favourte paperbacks. Prod Erin RILEY.
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
readings programmes (programme format)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
14 Jan 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Nick Revell (Speaker)
Sally Vincent (Speaker)
Recorded on 1995-12-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Colin Blakemore/heather Couper (short)19960117 Producer: R. KETTERIDGE
Next in series: COLIN BLAKEMORE/HEATHER COUPER (LONG)
Previous in series: NICK REVELL/SALLY VINCENT
Broadcast history
17 Jan 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-01-12.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Colin Blakemore/heather Couper (long)19960121 Producer: R.KETTERIDGE
Next in series: ROBIN DENSELOW/STUART MACONIE (SHORT)
Previous in series: COLIN BLAKEMORE/HEATHER COUPER (SHORT)
Broadcast history
21 Jan 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-01-12.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Robin Denselow/stuart Maconie (short)19960124 Producer: P.DODGSON
Next in series: ROBIN DENSELOW/STUART MACONIE (LONG)
Previous in series: COLIN BLAKEMORE/HEATHER COUPER (LONG)
Description
Edward BLISHEN and his guests Robin DENSELOW and Stuart MACONIE discuss three
Subject Categories
discussion programmes (programme format)
personality request programmes (genre)
book programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
24 Jan 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Edward Blishen
Adam Mars-Jones (Author)
James Young (Author)
Penelope Fitzgerald (Author)
Paul Dodgson (Producer)
Robin Denselow (Speaker)
Stuart Maconie (Speaker)
Recorded on 1996-01-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Robin Denselow/stuart Maconie (long)19960128 Producer: P.DODGSON
Next in series: RICHARD EYRE/KATIE MITCHELL (SHORT)
Previous in series: ROBIN DENSELOW/STUART MACONIE (SHORT)
Broadcast history
28 Jan 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-01-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Richard Eyre/katie Mitchell (short)19960131 Producer: K.WHITEHEAD
Next in series: RICHARD EYRE/KATIE MITCHELL (LONG)
Previous in series: ROBIN DENSELOW/STUART MACONIE (LONG)
Broadcast history
31 Jan 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-01-25.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Richard Eyre/katie Mitchell (long)19960204 Producer: V.BEEBY
Next in series: CLAIRE TOMALIN/ROY JENKINS (SHORT)
Previous in series: RICHARD EYRE/KATIE MITCHELL (SHORT)
Broadcast history
04 Feb 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-01-25.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Claire Tomalin/roy Jenkins (short)19960207 Producer: R.KETTERIDGE
Next in series: CLAIRE TOMALIN/ROY JENKINS (LONG)
Previous in series: RICHARD EYRE/KATIE MITCHELL (LONG)
Broadcast history
07 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-01.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Claire Tomalin/roy Jenkins (long)19960211 Producer: R.KETTERIDGE
Next in series: SUSIE ORBACH/JOHN COLLEE (SHORT)
Previous in series: CLAIRE TOMALIN/ROY JENKINS (SHORT)
Broadcast history
11 Feb 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-01.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Susie Orbach/john Collee (short)19960214 Producer: S.DAVIES
Next in series: SUSIE ORBACH/JOHN COLLEE (LONG)
Previous in series: CLAIRE TOMALIN/ROY JENKINS (LONG)
Broadcast history
14 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-07.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Susie Orbach/john Collee (long)19960218 Producer: S. DAVIES
Next in series: JOHN HARVEY/SARAH KENNEDY
Previous in series: SUSIE ORBACH/JOHN COLLEE (SHORT)
Broadcast history
18 Feb 1996 BT=1930 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-11.
 2004041320040420Writers Monica Ali and Kevin Crossley-Holland talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tues 4.30pm]
 20040420200404275/6. Director of the London School of Economics, Howard Davies, and children's author Eleanor Updale talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2004050420040511Stuart Maconie and Rebecca Front talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tues, 4.30pm]
 2004072020040725, RptofTue4.30pmSue Macgregor returns at the helm for the series in which two guests are asked to propose their favourite paperbacks. This week Britain's best known pollster, Bob Worcester, chairman of Mori, chooses the English by Jeremy Paxman. Martin Newell, poet, performer and proud son of Essex, argues the case for Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. Also, Sue's own choice is Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
 2004072720040801Sue MacGregor, Christopher Cook and Tracy Chevalier discuss Christina Lamb's The Sewing Circles of Herat, Luke Sutherland's Venus as a Boy and Beryl Bainbridge's Queeney. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2004080320040808Sue MacGregor is joined by Irish writer Clare Boylan and marketing guru Guy Browning to talk about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
Sue MacGregor is joined by Irish writer Clare Boylan and marketing guru Guy Browning to talk about their favourite books. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
 2004082420040829Sue MacGregor is joined by Lord Carrington and Clare Francis to discuss their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2004083120040905Sue MacGregor is joined by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Simon Barnes to discuss their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2004090720040912Sue MacGregor is joined by Prue Leith and Lembit Opik to discuss their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2004091420040919, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor is joined by Fay Weldon and Dame Ruth Deech to discuss their recommended reads, including a classic science fantasy and a very modern story about working motherhood.
 2004120720041212Musician, writer and comedian Mike Harding and Professor Susan Greenfield join Sue MacGregor to discuss the merits of their three favourite paperbacks.
 2004122120041226Sue MacGregor is joined by Clare Balding and Andrew Collins to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005010420050109The novelists Ronan Bennett and Barbara Trapido join Sue MacGregor to talk about three books they admire from fellow writers. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
 2005011820050123Sue MacGregor is joined by Baroness Amos, Secretary of State for International Development, and actor Peter Egan to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
Sue MacGregor is joined by Baroness Amos, Secretary of State for International Development, and actor Peter Egan to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
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 2005012520050130Sue MacGregor is joined by comedian Jo Brand and music journalist David Quantick to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
Sue MacGregor is joined by comedian Jo Brand and music journalist David Quantick to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
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 2005020820050213Sue MacGregor is joined by comedy duo Mel and Sue to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005032920050403Sue MacGregor is joined by philosopher Simon Blackburn and Virago founder Carmen Callil to champion their three favourite paperbacks.
 2005041220050417Sue MacGregor is joined by journalist Jon Ronson and Karen Thomson, chief executive of AOL UK, to champion their three favourite paperbacks.
 2005041920050424Garden Designer Dan Pearson and Anna Pavord, author of The Tulip, talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005042620050501Sue MacGregor is joined by actress Janet Suzman and restaurateur Ruth Rogers to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Sue MacGregor is joined by actress Janet Suzman and restaurateur Ruth Rogers to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005050320050508Sue MacGregor is joined by broadcaster Connie St Louis and journalist Miranda Sawyer to champion their three favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
Sue MacGregor is joined by broadcaster Connie St Louis and journalist Miranda Sawyer to champion their three favourite books. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
 2005051020050515, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor is joined by writer Nick Hornby and broadcaster Simon Fanshawe to champion their three favourite paperbacks.
Sue MacGregor is joined by writer Nick Hornby and broadcaster Simon Fanshawe to champion their three favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
 2005071920050724, RptdSun11.00pmSeries in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Actor Charles Collingwood and Kate Moose, founder of the Orange Prize, talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
Series in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Actor Charles Collingwood and Kate Mosse, founder of the Orange Prize, talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005072620050731Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and novelist Amanda Craig talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005080220050807Comedian Steve Punt and writer and political columnist John O'Farrell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005080920050814Sue MacGregor talks to writer Bella Bathurst and David Bell, Chief Inspector of Schools in England, about their favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Sue MacGregor talks to writer Bella Bathurst and David Bell, Chief Inspector of Schools in England, about their favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005081620050821, RptdSun11.00pmSeries in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Presenter Sue MacGregor is joined by writer Ian Sansom, author of The Truth About Babies, and agony aunt Virginia Ironside.
Agony aunt Virginia Ironside and Ian Sansom, author of The Truth About Babies, discuss three of their favourite paperbacks with Sue MacGregor. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2005082320050828, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmSeries in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Presenter Sue MacGregor is joined by writers Ruth Rendell and Robert Macfarlane.
Sue MacGregor is joined by celebrated crime writer Ruth Rendell and Robert Macfarlane, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, to discuss three captivating paperbacks.
 2005083020050904Sue MacGregor discusses three cherished paperbacks with this week's guests, BBC Arts correspondent Razia Iqbal and publisher turned writer Judith Flanders. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Sue MacGregor discusses three cherished paperbacks with this week's guests, BBC Arts correspondent Razia Iqbal and publisher turned writer Judith Flanders. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005090620050911Comedian Simon Evans and poet Matt Harvey join Sue MacGregor to wax lyrical about three favourite paperbacks. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Comedian Simon Evans and poet Matt Harvey join Sue MacGregor to wax lyrical about three favourite paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005091320050918Series in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Presenter Sue MacGregor is joined by actress Maria Aitken and comedian Hugh Dennis. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Series in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Presenter Sue MacGregor is joined by actress Maria Aitken and comedian Hugh Dennis. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005092020050925The comedian and broadcaster Phill Jupitus and the writer Candace Allen join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite books. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Series in which people discuss their favourite paperbacks. Presenter Sue MacGregor is joined by comedian Phill Jupitus and writer Candace Allen. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2005120620051211, RptofTue4.30pmTop crime writers P D James and Julie Myerson join Sue MacGregor to entertain an audience at the Ways With Words Festival in Southwold with their choice of favourite literature. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Top crime writers P D James and Julie Myerson join Sue MacGregor to entertain an audience at the Ways With Words Festival in Southwold with their choice of favourite literature.
The books discussed are:
Sue MacGregor: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, Oxford World's Classics
P D James: Good Behaviour by Molly Keane, Virago
Julie Myerson: Being Dead by Jim Crace, Penguin
 2005121320051218, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmSue MacGregor is joined by biographer and critic Hilary Spurling, and historian and gardener Roy Strong, to discuss three favourite paperbacks at the Ways With Words Festival in Southwold.
Sue MacGregor joins biographer and critic Hilary Spurling and historian and gardener Roy Strong to discuss three favourite paperbacks at the Ways With Words Festival in Southwold.
Sue MacGregor: Mapp and Lucia by E F Benson, Penguin
Sir Roy Strong: Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, Oxford University Press
Hilary Spurling: The Viper of Milan by Marjorie Bowen, Elliott & Thompson
 2005122020051225, RptofTue4.30pmCherie Blair and screenwriter Andrew Davies join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite books. [Rpt Sun 11.00pm]
Cherie Blair and screenwriter Andrew Davies join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite books.
Sue MacGregor: The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser, Vintage
Cherie Booth QC: Saturday by Ian McEwan, Vintage (pbk published 5 January 2006)
Andrew Davies: Love and Friendship by Alison Lurie, Vintage
 20060101 Rabbi Julia Neuberger and poet Paul Farley join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite paperbacks.
Sue MacGregor: St Joan by George Bernard Shaw, Penguin Classics
Julia Neuberger: Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski, Persephone Books
Paul Farley: Parallel Lines or Journeys on the Railway of Dreams by Ian Marchant, Bloomsbury.
 2006010320060108, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmPrivate Passions' Michael Berkeley, and Canadian actor Kerry Shale join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite paperbacks.
Sue MacGregor: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, Arrow
Kerry Shale: Post Office by Charles Bukowski, Virgin Books
Michael Berkeley: The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet, Marion Boyars
 2006011020060115, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmPrivate Passions' Michael Berkeley, and Canadian actor Kerry Shale join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite paperbacks.
Sue MacGregor: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Oxford World's Classics
Andrew Graham-Dixon: War Music by Christopher Logue, Faber
Tim Bentinck: Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson, Penguin
Art critic and television presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon and actor Tim Bentinck, who plays David in The Archers, join Sue MacGregor to talk about the books they love.
Sue MacGregor: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Oxford World's Classics
Andrew Graham-Dixon: War Music by Christopher Logue, Faber
Tim Bentinck: Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson, Penguin
Producer Beth O'Dea.
 2006011720060122, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmNews presenter Fiona Bruce and best-selling author Gervase Phinn join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite paperbacks.
Sue MacGregor: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym, Pan.
Fiona Bruce: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury.
Gervase Phinn: Under the Eye of the Clock, by Christopher Nolan, Phoenix.
Producer Christine Hall.
 2006012420060129, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdSun11.00pmNewsreader Anna Ford and music journalist Paul Morley talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books
Sue MacGregor: Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howard, Pan.
Anna Ford: Far Away and Long Ago by William Henry Hudson, Eland.
Paul Morley: Television by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Dalkey Archive Press.
Producer Beth O'Dea.
 2006013120060205Popular novelist Joanna Trollope and writer Jay Parini talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. [Rptd Sun 11.00pm]
Popular novelist Joanna Trollope joins writer Jay Parini and Sue MacGregor to discuss their recommended paperbacks. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006020720060212News presenter Jon Snow, and enthusiast for design and popular culture Sir Christopher Frayling, tell Sue MacGregor about the books they love.
 2006061320060616Martha Kearney talks to sports journalist and broadcaster Jim White, and poet James Lasdun about their favourite books. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
Martha Kearney talks to sports journalist and broadcaster Jim White, and poet James Lasdun about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006062020060623Martha Kearney discusses novels by Graham Greene and John Mcgahern, with guests TV presenter Penny Smith, and philosopher and writer Julian Baggini. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
Martha Kearney discusses novels by Graham Greene and John Mcgahern, with guests TV presenter Penny Smith, and philosopher and writer Julian Baggini. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
 2006062720060630Sandi Toksvig and Edna Healey talk to Martha Kearney about their favourite books. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
Sandi Toksvig and Edna Healey talk to Martha Kearney about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006070420060707Martha Kearney, Justin Cartwright and Juliet Barker discuss their favourite paperbacks, including Austerlitz by W G Sebald and T H White's modern classic The Sword in the Stone. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
Martha Kearney, Justin Cartwright and Juliet Barker discuss their favourite paperbacks, including Austerlitz by WG Sebald and TH White's modern classic The Sword in the Stone. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006071120060714Martha Kearney introduces writer, broadcaster and documentary film maker Sarfraz Manzoor; and lawyer and literary critic Anthony Julius. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
 2006071820060721Summer reading recommendations from Martha Kearney and guests, including novelist Colm Toibin and actor Tony Robinson. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
Summer reading recommendations from Martha Kearney and guests, including novelist Colm Toibin and actor Tony Robinson. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006072520060728More summer paperback reading choices from Martha Kearney and guests, who include television executive Peter Bazalgette and novelist Ali Smith. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
More summer paperback reading choices from Martha Kearney and guests, who include television executive Peter Bazalgette and novelist Ali Smith. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006080120060804Business leader Sir Digby Jones and cult novelist Rupert Thomson talk to Martha Kearney about their favourite books. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
Business leader Sir Digby Jones and cult novelist Rupert Thomson talk to Martha Kearney about their favourite books. [Rpt of Tue 4.30pm]
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 2006100320061006Sue MacGregor talks to Lesley Abdela, founder of the 300 Group for women in politics, and historian Greg Neale, about their favourite books.
 2006101020061013Sue MacGregor's guests are psychologist Janet Reibstein and poet Roshan Doug. They discuss American author Grace Paley and Philip Larkin. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
 2006102020061027Sue MacGregor talks to author Michael Dobbs and historian Antony Beevor. They discuss much-loved paperbacks by Julian Barnes, Michael Morpurgo and George Orwell 
 20061024 Sue MacGregor talks to Simon Thurley and Sue Blackmore. They discuss an account of the battle of Waterloo, a book on religion and terrorism, and some short stories by J D Salinger.
 20061027 Sue MacGregor talks to Simon Thurley and Sue Blackmore. They discuss an account of the battle of Waterloo, a book on religion and terrorism, and some short stories by JD Salinger.
 2006103120061103, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor is joined by best-selling author Joanne Harris and former Chair of the Man Booker judges Professor Lisa Jardine to discuss three much loved paperbacks - Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Patricia Duncker's The Deadly Space Between and a thriller by Donna Leon.
 2006110720061110, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor features three books that plunder the past to great effect. She selects EL Doctorow's jazz age novel Ragtime. Her guests are novelist Tessa Hadley, who chooses JM Coetzee's memoir Boyhood, and literary journalist John Mullan, whose choice is Ford Madox Ford's novel The Good Soldier.
 2006111420061117Sue MacGregor is joined by Eoin Colfer, author of the best-selling Artemis Fowl books for children, and journalist Katharine Whitehorn. They pick their favourite children's books.
 2006112120061124, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor is joined by novelist Philippa Gregory and environmentalist Jonathon Porritt.
They discuss Gilbert White's The Natural History of Selborne, a collection of letters first published in 1789, Edith Wharton's little known novel Glimpses of the Moon, and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, a curious hybrid which is part novel, part memoir and part essay.
 2006112820061201Sue MacGregor is joined by writers Sir Arnold Wesker and Hunter Davies, who each review a paperback they love. [Rptd Fri 11.00pm]
 2006120520061208Artistic Director of London's South Bank Centre, Jude Kelly, and writer and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter, join Sue MacGregor to discuss three paperbacks that matter to them.
 2007020620070209Sue MacGregor is joined by philosopher Jonathan Ree and journalist Anne Karpf. Their chosen books range from a heartbreaking story only a few dozen pages long to an account of a murder that could define modern journalism.
 2007021320070216, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor dissects three paperbacks with the help of two guests, journalist Lynn Barber and travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler. They look at three books each featuring assorted Englishmen abroad.
 2007022020070223Two veteran journalists join Sue MacGregor to pick and debate three favourite paperbacks.
Ray Connolly has been a music journalist for almost the whole of the pop music era in Britain, and is now a novelist as well. The Daily Mail's Ann Leslie has been made a Dame and ranks among the most respected journalists in the country.
 2007022720070302Three more paperback recommendations from Sue MacGregor and her guests. Sue is joined by the broadcaster Anita Anand, and journalist and cyclist Matt Seaton.
 2007030620070309Three more paperback choices from Sue MacGregor and guests, including investigative journalist Roger Cook and poet laureate Andrew Motion 
 2007031320070316Sue MacGregor is joined by biographer Adam Sisman and novelist Tim Lott. They discuss a science fiction classic, a classy novel for teenagers and a brilliant prequel to Jane Eyre.
 2007032020070323Comedy writers and performers Arabella Weir and Ken Campbell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
 2007032720070330, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdFri11.00pmArts presenter Tim Marlow and cultural historian Marina Warner talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
 20070605 Sue MacGregor joins comedian Mark Steel and writer Duncan Fallowell to discuss their favourite paperbacks. They come up with a poetic dissection of 1950s Hollywood, a poignant memoir of a footballing father, and a savage satire on global capitalism.
 2007061220070615, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor's guests are Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive of the mental health charity SANE, and writer Richard Francis.
Their chosen paperbacks include a biography of the Second World War resistance heroine Christine Granville, a psychological novel of New York lives by Benjamin Markovits, and a travelogue about Ethiopia.
Sue MacGregor's guests are Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, and writer Richard Francis.
Their chosen paperbacks are a biography of the World War II resistance heroine Christine Granville, a psychological novel of New York lives by Benjamin Markovits and a travelogue about Ethiopia.
 2007061920070622Sue MacGregor is joined by comedian Shappi Khorsandi and actress Roberta Taylor to talk about three favourite books, including a reworking of Homer's Odyssey and an Australian tale of imaginary friends.
 2007062620070629, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor is joined by media historian Prof Jean Seaton and new media pioneer Bill Thompson. They discuss the writer who coined the term cyberspace, a novel about feuding families and a book described by its author as an anti-memoir.
 2007070320070706, RptdFri11.00pmComedian Dr Phil Hammond and music and cookery presenter Andi Oliver talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
 2007071020070713, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdFri11.00pmKeeping Up Appearances actor Clive Swift and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
Featured works include The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle; Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy; and Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips.
 2007071720070720, RptdFri11.00pmEd Reardon creator Christopher Douglas and the editor of Marie Claire, Marie O'Riordan, talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
 2007072420070727Fast Show star Charlie Higson and clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
 2007073120070803Novelists AL Kennedy and Philip Kerr join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite books.
 2007100920071012, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor talks to two guests about their favourite books.
Jeremy Paxman discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent while Bettany Hughes selects Jane Gardam's Bilgewater. Sue's pick is Everyman by Philip Roth.
 2007101620071019, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor talks to Saira Khan and Boyd Hilton about their favourite books.
Saira's choice is Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki. Boyd selects JD Salinger's classic comedy The Catcher in the Rye while Sue chooses The Cobra's Heart by Ryszard Kapuscinski.
 2007102320071026, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor talks to Terry Wogan and Jan Ravens about their favourite books.
Terry picks The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin. Jan's choice is The Dog Catcher by Alexei Sayle while Sue selects Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
 2007103020071102Sue MacGregor talks to Jim Crace and Lionel Shriver about their favourite books.
Jim picks The Goshawk by TH White. Lionel's choice is The Name of the World by Denis Johnson while Sue selects Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey.
 2007110620071109, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor talks to Deborah Moggach and Mike Gayle about their favourite books.
Deborah picks Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman. Mike's choice is The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. Sue selects The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe.
 2007111320071116, RptofTue4.30pmSue MacGregor talks to actor Michael Fenton Stevens and writer and journalist Justine Picardie about their favourite books.
Michael picks My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Justine's choice is Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann while Sue selects Nature Cure by Richard Mabey.
 2007112020071123, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor talks to historian Eamon Duffy and journalist Elinor Goodman about their favourite books.
 2007112720071130, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdFri11.00pmSue MacGregor talks to novelist Preethi Nair and journalist and restaurant critic Jay Rayner about their favourite books.
 2007120420071207Sue MacGregor talks to mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy and novelist and critic David Dabydeen about their favourite books.
 2008020520080208Kate Mosse talks to gardener Carol Klein and Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti about their favourite books.
Carol picks The Comedians by Graham Greene while Shami selects JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Kate's choice is What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn.
 2008021220080215, RptofTue4.30pm, RptdFri11.00pmKate Mosse talks to broadcaster Robin Lustig and Bishop of Southwark Tom Butler about their favourite books.
Robin picks Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate while Tom selcets Paul Davie'sThe Goldilocks Enigma. Kate's choice is Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man by Claire Tomalin.
 2008021920080222Kate Mosse talks to jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth and former Culture Secretary Chris Smith about their favourite books.
Jacqui picks Marilynne Robinson's Gilead while Chris selects Resistance by Owen Sheers. Kate's choice is Negotiating With the Dead by Margaret Atwood.
 2008022620080229Kate Mosse talks to musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson and writer and critic Bidisha about their favourite books.
Tom picks Simon Napier-Bell's Black Vinyl, White Powder while Bidisha selects The Bell by Iris Murdoch. Kate's choice is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
 2008030420080307Kate Mosse talks to TV news presenter Mishal Husain and magazine publisher David Hepworth about their favourite books.
Mishal picks Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam while David selects PG Wodehouse's Weekend Wodehouse. Kate's choice is My Antonia by Willa Cather.
 2008031120080314Kate Mosse talks to radio presenter Colin Murray and actor Tim Pigott-Smith about their favourite books.
Colin's choice is The Damned Utd by David Peace while Tim selects The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson. Kate's pick is Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood.
 2008031820080321Kate Mosse talks to Sheena McDonald and Sally Lindsay about their favourite books.
Sheena's choice is The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson while Sally selects Perfume by Patrick Suskind. Kate's pick is Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.
 2008032520080328Kate Mosse talks to former MI5 head Stella Rimington and writer Terence Blacker about their favourite books.
Stella's choice is The Untouchable by John Banville while Sally selects Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi. Kate's pick is Italo Calvino's The Castle of Crossed Destinies.
 20080603 Sue MacGregor talks to radio guru Trevor Dann and Times columnist Kate Muir about their favourite books.
Trevor picks Letters From Iwo Jima: The Japanese Eyewitness Stories That Inspired Clint Eastwood's Film, by Kumiko Kakehashi, while Kate selects Nicholson Baker's Room Temperature. Sue's choice is Montmorency by Eleanor Updale.
 20080606 Sue MacGregor talks to radio guru Trevor Dann and Times columnist Kate Muir about their favourite books.
Trevor picks Letters From Iwo Jima: The Japanese Eyewitness Stories That Inspired Clint Eastwood's Film, by Kumiko Kakehashi, while Kate selects Nicholson Baker's Room Temperature. Sue's choice is Montmorency by Eleanor Updale.
 20080610 Sue MacGregor talks to Dillie Keane of Fascinating Aida and leading palaeontologist Prof Richard Fortey about their favourite books.
Dillie picks A World of Strangers by Nadine Gordimer while Richard selects Graham Swift's Waterland. Sue's choice is The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell.
 20080613 Sue MacGregor talks to Dillie Keane of Fascinating Aida and leading palaeontologist Prof Richard Fortey about their favourite books.
Dillie picks A World of Strangers by Nadine Gordimer while Richard selects Graham Swift's Waterland. Sue's choice is The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell 
 20080617 Sue MacGregor talks to satirist Alistair Beaton and writer Valerie Grove about their favourite books. Valerie Grove chooses Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer, Alistair Beaton The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol and Sue reads Adventures in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird.
 20080620 Sue MacGregor talks to satirist Alistair Beaton and writer Valerie Grove about their favourite books. Valerie Grove chooses Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer, Alistair Beaton The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol and Sue reads Adventures in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird.
 2008062420080627Sue MacGregor talks to former Cosmopolitan editor Marcelle d'Argy Smith and archaeologist Professor Barry Cunliffe about their favourite books.
 20080701 Sue MacGregor talks to actors Les Dennis and Michael Simkins about their favourite books.
Les selects My French Whore: A Love Story by Gene Wilder, Michael chooses The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton and Sue reads Seize the Day by Saul Bellow.
 20080704 Sue MacGregor talks to actors Les Dennis and Michael Simkins about their favourite books.
Les selects My French Whore: A Love Story by Gene Wilder, Michael chooses The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton and Sue reads Seize the Day by Saul Bellow.
 20080708 Sue MacGregor talks to broadcast journalist Andrea Catherwood and business editor of The Economist Tom Standage about their favourite books. Andrea selects A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, Tom chooses The Gift of Stones by Jim Crace and Sue reads Union Street by Pat Barker 
 20080711 Sue MacGregor talks to broadcast journalist Andrea Catherwood and business editor of The Economist Tom Standage about their favourite books. Andrea selects A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, Tom chooses The Gift of Stones by Jim Crace and Sue reads Union Street by Pat Barker.
 20080715 Sue MacGregor talks to television documentary maker Roger Graef and author Mohsin Hamid about their favourite books.
 20080718 Sue MacGregor talks to television documentary maker Roger Graef and author Mohsin Hamid about their favourite books.
 20080722 Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Julian Barnes and Maureen Freely about their favourite books.
 20080725 Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Julian Barnes and Maureen Freely about their favourite books.
 20080729 Sue MacGregor talks to actress Tracy-Ann Oberman and news presenter Shaun Ley about their favourite books.
 20080801 Sue MacGregor talks to actress Tracy-Ann Oberman and news presenter Shaun Ley about their favourite books.