A Good Read

A GOOD READ

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A Good Read: Baroness Mary Warnock and John Telfer

Baroness Mary Warnock, John Telfer

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Sue MacGregor and guests discuss their book choices on stage at the Bristol Old Vic

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Baroness Warnock and John Telfer discuss books by Philip Pullman, Duncan Campbell and Evelyn Waugh. From 2010.

In a special edition of the programme recorded in front of an audience at the Bristol Old Vic, Sue MacGregor and guests Baroness Warnock and actor John Telfer talk about their favourite paperbacks. Baroness Mary Warnock is one of the country's leading philosophers and the author of more than 15 books, widely known for the work she has done on government committees. JohnTelfer plays the Reverend Alan Franks in The Archers. He studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has appeared in more than 35 plays with the Bristol Old Vic Company. 

The books they'll be discussing include Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and Philip Pullman's recent re-telling of the gospels, The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ.

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
Publisher: Canongate Books

If It Bleeds by Duncan Campbell
Publisher: Headline

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

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