The monthly literary magazine which looks at the best contemporary writing in Britain and abroad returns with presenter Ian Hamilton. A. N. Wilson is, at 36, the author of 14 books - novels, biographies and studies of his deeply-held religious faith. He is equally well-known as a young fogey and an unsparing literary critic. As Wilson's ninth novel, Love Unknown, appears and he renounces his reviewer's job, Ian Hamilton visits him at home in Oxford to test the truth of his public image, and to observe the curious contrast between the private life and the popular reputation of this much talked-about writer.
Joseph Brodsky was exiled from his native Russia in 1972. His poems had earned him five years of hard labour for corrupting youth. After two years in a Soviet labour camp, he was eventually released to the West. Brodsky now lives and works in America. On a recent visit to London, he talked to
Bookmark about his latest work, Less Than One - a collection of essays, some written in English, his adopted language. Director ARDAN FISHER
Producer ROGER THOMPSON
Executive producer NIGEL WILLIAMS