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Harriett Gilbert

Samira Ahmed

Elis James

Becky Ripley

A Good Read: Samira Ahmed and Elis James

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Samira Ahmed and Elis James

17/07/2018

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Samira Ahmed and Elis James

Samira Ahmed, writer and broadcaster, joins comedian Elis James to talk books.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed and comedian and actor Elis James to discuss favourite books.

Harriett Gilbert and guests talk favourite books, including Arnold Bennett's The Card, Dylan Thomas' Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog and Daniyal Mueenuddin's In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Her guests are journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Samira Ahmed, presenter of BBC1's Newswatch and Radio 4's Front Row. And comedian Elis James, known for starring in the BBC3 sitcoms Crims and Josh and a familiar face on panel-shows such as Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats. 

Producer: Becky Ripley.

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