Episode 1
Episode 1
Oct 14, 2010
NEW SERIES 5 - Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, and James Ellroy
Episode 2
Episode 2
Oct 21, 2010
Jilly Cooper, Judith Kerr, and Salman Rushdie
Episode 3
Episode 3
Oct 28, 2010
Lynne Reid Banks, Justine Picardie, Barry Humphries, and Lee Child
Episode 4
Episode 4
Nov 4, 2010
Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl; Val McDermid; and Michael Frayn
Episode 5
Episode 5
Nov 11, 2010
Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel Surface Detail, Michelle Paver on why she finds the arctic such a scary place in her new novel Dark Matter, and Bernard Cornwell on how necessity drove him to become a novelist and his latest book The Fort.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Nov 18, 2010
Helen of Troy in jeans Bettany Hughes, travel writer Tim Butcher, and satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Plus, Alison Weir on The Write Place and Ken Follett's bedside reads.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Nov 25, 2010
India Knight talks about Comfort & Joy, Nicholas Evans on The Brave, and Amanda Foreman on A World on Fire
Episode 8
Episode 8
Dec 2, 2010
Conn Iggulden, Michael Holroyd, and Dawn French on their latest books and what every 21 year old should be reading. Plus a look inside Philip Kerr's study, Peter Carey's favourite bookshop, and Tara Palmer Tomkinson's bedside reads.
Episode 9
Episode 9
Dec 9, 2010
Sir Michael Parkinson talks about lasting fame as Emu's interviewer and being grumpy, Edmund de Waal shows off his family heirlooms, and PD James on turning real life detective. Plus the first of our Xmas book recommendations.
Episode 10
Episode 10
Dec 16, 2010
Nigella Lawson, Kevin McCloud, and Kate Morton
Episode 11
Episode 11
Jan 20, 2011
Biographer Sarah Bakewell, spin doctor and diarist Alistair Campbell, and cult film director John Waters
Episode 12
Episode 12
Jan 27, 2011
Lindsey Davis, Daisy Goodwin, and Raymond Khoury
Episode 13
Episode 13
Feb 3, 2011
Guest authors Matthew Parris, Leila Aboulela, and writer/director Rowan Joffé. Also Armistead Maupin on his Bedside Reads, Jonathan Safran Foer reads us his Fine Line, Colin Dexter gives his Book Club Recommendation, and Sister Wendy reveals her writing habits.
Episode 14
Episode 14
Feb 10, 2011
Linda Grant, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Jane Shilling. Plus Belle de Jour's bedside reads, Mark Mills' Book Club, and Steve Bell's study.
Episode 15
Episode 15
Feb 17, 2011
Wendy Holden, Anthony Quinn, and Edna O'Brien as well as a trip to Paris to see Victor Hugo's study, as well as Rebecca Hunt's bedside reads and Philip Kerr's Book Club selection.
Episode 16
Episode 16
Feb 24, 2011
Allison Pearson, Helen Dunmore, and Francesca Beauman. Plus: Hugh Bonneville on his book club choice, Kate Mosse on The Write Place, and Alexander McCall Smith reveals his bedside reads.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Mar 3, 2011
Bath Literature Festival (1/2): Howard Jacobson, Colin Thubron, and Kim Edwards
Episode 18
Episode 18
Mar 10, 2011
Bath Literature Festival (2/2): Kazuo Ishiguro, David Starkey, and Aminatta Forna
Episode 19
Episode 19
Mar 17, 2011
Words by the Water: Jackie Kay, Valerie Grove, and Joanna Trollope
Episode 20
Episode 20
Mar 24, 2011
Ways With Words Festival: Salley Vickers, Manju Kapur, and Chris Mullin
Episode 21
Episode 21
Mar 31, 2011
Noughts and Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Costa-nominated author Louise Doughty, and controversial historian Niall Ferguson.
Episode 22
Episode 22
Apr 7, 2011
Melvyn Bragg, Emma Donoghue, and Wendy Cope
Episode 23
Episode 23
Apr 14, 2011
Biographer Hugo Vickers tells all about Wallis Simpson, bestselling rom-com author Jenny Colgan serves up a feast, and Jennifer Egan tells us about her novel A Visit From The Goon Squad which she says is Proust meets The Sopranos.
Episode 24
Episode 24
Apr 21, 2011
Philip Hensher, Peter Ackroyd, and Sara Paretsky
Episode 25
Episode 25
Apr 28, 2011
Stefanie Powers, Monica Ali,and Paula McLain
Episode 26
Episode 26
May 5, 2011
Simon Winchester, Esther Freud, and Eoin Colfer
Episode 27
Episode 27
May 12, 2011
Bestseller Wilbur Smith, Sky News' presenter turned novelist Kay Burley, and John Julius Norwich gives us an audience when he discusses his new book The Popes.
Episode 28
Episode 28
May 19, 2011
Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful memoir Problem Child. Irish novelist Paul Murray talks about his tragi-comic novel set in a Dublin boarding school, Skippy Dies.
Episode 29
Episode 29
May 26, 2011
Stella Tillyard, Douglas Kennedy, and Edward St Aubyn
Episode 30
Episode 30
May 28, 2011
The Book Show at Hay (1/4): Paul Theroux, Jeffery Deaver, and Cerys Matthews - who also entertains us with a song from her new album.
Episode 31
Episode 31
May 29, 2011
The Book Show at Hay (2/4): Professor Brian Cox, Henning Mankell, and Mark Logue
Episode 32
Episode 32
May 30, 2011
The Book Show at Hay (3/4): David Baddiel, Elif Shafak, and David Bailey
Episode 33
Episode 33
May 31, 2011
The Book Show at Hay (4/4): Victor Gregg, Adam Nicolson, and Marcus Sedgwick
Episode 34
Episode 34
Jun 2, 2011
Terry Jones on his Animal Tales and new film, author Rosamund Lupton with her latest, and Deborah Moggach pays tribute to Beryl Bainbridge's career
Episode 35
Episode 35
Jun 9, 2011
Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and John Boyne
Episode 36
Episode 36
Jun 16, 2011
Colm Toibin, Liz Lochhead, and author/director Rebecca Miller (last episode of this series)
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