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Books and Mortar

on BBC Two England

A look at life in the British Library which, after 250 years at the British Museum, is moving to its own building in St Pancras, London. The programme looks at the last days of the famous round Reading Room and goes behind the scenes of the library's much-criticised new home. With contributions from writers Peter Ackroyd and Will Self.

Contributors

Speaker:
Peter Ackroyd
Speaker:
Will Self
Producer:
Nicholas Rossiter
Director:
Tim Robinson

BBC Two England

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