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A Good Read

Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Writers Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes discuss favourite books Bonjour Tristesse, Neuromancer and The Versions of Us with Harriett Gilbert. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Juno Dawson
Interviewed Guest:
Pandora Sykes
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Steph McGovern and Jayde Adams

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Broadcaster Steph McGovern and comedian Jayde Adams talk about books with Harriett Gilbert. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Steph McGovern
Interviewed Guest:
Jade Adams
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Rick Edwards and George Lamb

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Presenters Rick Edwards and George Lamb join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books, including Dave Eggers' Heroes of the Frontier and Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Rick Edwards
Interviewed Guest:
George Lamb
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Ade Adepitan and Dominic Holland

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Harriett Gilbert talks to Paralympian Ade Adepitan and comedian Dominic Holland about favourite books, including In Cold Blood, The Snapper, and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ade Adepitan
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Holland
Producer:
Sally Heaven

Poetry Please

Gothic Poetry

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger McGough gets eerie with selection of gothic poetry from Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath and Percy Shelley. With archive recordings from Sir John Gielgud and Robert Donat. Show more

A Good Read

Vince Cable and Ann Widdecombe

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Vince Cable, Ann Widdecombe and Harriett Gilbert pick books by Robert Harris, Jonathan Dimbleby and Ernest Hemingway. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ann Widdecombe
Interviewed Guest:
Vince Cable
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Bidisha and Gillian Reynolds

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Bidisha, Gillian Reynolds and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Jean Rhys, Frances Woods and John Le Carre. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Bidisha
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Reynolds
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Sebastian Faulks and Sarfraz Manzoor

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Sebastian Faulks, Sarfraz Manzoor and Harriett Gilbert choose books by Joseph Conrad, Philip Roth and Diana Athill. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Faulks
Interviewed Guest:
Sarfraz Manzoor
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Martin Lewis and Tanita Tikaram

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Martin Lewis and Tanita Tikaram join Harriett Gilbert to discuss books by CJ Sansom, Mick Herron and Anita Loos. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Martin Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Tanita Tikaram
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Sally Phillips and Julia Donaldson

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Sally Phillips, Julia Donaldson and Harriett Gilbert on books by John Irving, Paul Wilson and Rachel Cusk. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sally Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Donaldson
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Charles Moore and Nadifa Mohamed

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Charles Moore, Nadifa Mohamed and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Jane Austen, Kester Aspden and Patrick de Witt. From 2016. Show more

A Good Read

John Timpson and John Bird

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. John Timpson, John Bird and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Thomas Hardy, Elif Batuman and Graham Greene. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Bird
Interviewed Guest:
John Timpson
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Victor Adebowale and Rachel Unthank

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Lord Victor Adebowale, Rachel Unthank and Harriett Gilbert on books by David Almond, Robert Seehaler and John Higgs. From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Victor Adebowale
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Unthank
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Loyd Grossman and Skin

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Food lover Loyd Grossman and singer Skin from rock band Skunk Anansie talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books, which include The Underground Railroad. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Loyd Grossman
Interviewed Guest:
Skin
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Stephen K Amos & Anneka Rice

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Stephen K Amos, Anneka Rice and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Langston Hughes, Edmund White and Lloyd Jones. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen K Amos
Interviewed Guest:
Anneka Rice
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Julian Clary & Janet Ellis

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Julian Clary, Janet Ellis and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Matthew Kneale, Fay Weldon and Anne Tyler. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Julian Clary
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Ellis
Producer:
Sally Heaven

A Good Read

Adam Hills and Steven Pinker

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Adam Hills, Steven Pinker and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Albert Camus, Richard Bach and Jonathan Livingston. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Adam Hills
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Pinker
Producer:
Sally Heaven

Poetry Please

07/09/2014

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger McGough presents a mixed bag as requested by listeners, including poems by Allan Ahlberg and DH Lawrence for teachers returning to work, and Keats' classic autumnal ode. Show more