A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP
EDWARD BLISHEN looks at recent thrillers including Jon Cleary 's latest, Helga's Web
DOUGLAS STUART on his book A Very Sheltered Life, the recollections of a BBC foreign correspondent and other new books including Stardom, a look at the Hollywood phenomenon, and Ikhnaton, an investigation into one of the great puzzles of Egyptian archaeology
Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)