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For the last three programmes in the series, Robert Robinson presents a selection from The Book Programme

This week, John Fowles talks about his collection of short stories The Ebony Tower; Sir Nikolaus Pevsner talks about how his 47 volumes of handbooks The Buildings of England were written; and Alan Bennett and Basil Bunting read from a favourite book - Alan Bennett's choice is Nancy Mitford 's The Pursuit of Love and Basil Bunting reads a passage from Jonathan Swift 's Gulliver's Travels.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Interviewee:
John Fowles
Interviewee:
Nikolaus Pevsner
Reader:
Alan Bennett
Reader:
Basil Bunting
Producer:
Philip Speight
Executive Producer:
Will Wyatt
Source: Radio Times

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