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Last broadcast on Fri, 26 Nov 2010, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
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.
BOOKS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME
Baroness Mary Warnock's choice:
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pulman
Publ. Canongate Books
John Telfer's choice:
If It Bleeds by Duncan Campbell
Publ. Headline
Sue MacGregor's choice:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Publ. Penguin Modern Classics
Broadcasts
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Tue 23 Nov 201016:30
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Fri 26 Nov 201023:00
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