A Good Read
Programme inviting guests to discuss their favourite books
A Good Read - 01/07/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to actors Les Dennis and Michael Simkins about their favourite books. They choose My French Whore: A Love Story, The Slaves of Solitude and Seize the Day.
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A Good Read - 01/12/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, about their favourite books - John Fowles' first novel and a New Age self-help book.
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A Good Read - 02/03/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to museum curator Ken Arnold and writer Jay Griffiths about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 02/06/2009
Kate Mosse talks to comedian Natalie Haynes and TV presenter Monty Halls about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 02/12/2008
Dame Diana Rigg and gardening expert Rachel de Thame join Sue McGregor to discuss their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 03/03/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to writer Robyn Karney and DJ Huw Stephens about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 03/06/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to radio guru Trevor Dann and Times columnist Kate Muir about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 03/07/2007
Comedian Dr Phil Hammond and music and cookery presenter Andi Oliver talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 03/11/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Catherine O'Flynn and Kate Pullinger at the Birmingham Book Festival about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 04/03/2008
Kate Mosse talks to TV news presenter Mishal Husain and magazine publisher David Hepworth about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 04/11/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to writer Sukhdev Sandhu and Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 04/12/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to mathematician Marcus du Sautoy and novelist and critic David Dabydeen about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 05/02/2008
Kate Mosse talks to gardener Carol Klein and Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 05/06/2007
Sue MacGregor joins comedian Mark Steel and writer Duncan Fallowell to discuss their favourite paperbacks.
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A Good Read - 06/02/2007
Sue MacGregor is joined by philosopher Jonathan Ree and journalist Anne Karpf. Their chosen books range from a tragic story only a few dozen pages long to an account of a murder.
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A Good Read - 06/03/2007
Three more paperback choices from Sue MacGregor and guests, including investigative journalist Roger Cook and poet laureate Andrew Motion.
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A Good Read - 06/10/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to theatre director Tom Morris and cartoonist Martin Rowson about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 06/11/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to Deborah Moggach and Mike Gayle about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 07/07/2009
Kate Mosse talks to actor Clive Swift and Indarjit Singh, a regular contributor to Thought for the Day, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 07/10/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Ian Rankin and Sadie Jones about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 08/07/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to Andrea Catherwood and Tom Standage about their favourite books. Andrea selects A Lesson before Dying and Tom chooses The Gift of Stones.
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A Good Read - 09/02/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to wildlife presenter Chris Packham and author and performer Stella Duffy about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 09/03/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to writer Julia Blackburn and The World Tonight presenter Ritula Shah about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 09/06/2009
Kate Mosse talks to journalist and campaigner Melissa Benn and Terry Deary, author of the Horrible Histories series of books for children, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 09/10/2007
Sue MacGregor, Jeremy Paxman and Bettany Hughes discuss Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, Jane Gardam's Bilgewater and Philip Roth's Everyman.
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A Good Read - 10/02/2009
Kate Mosse talks to 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire and writer and broadcaster Paul Blezard about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 10/03/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to film reviewer Angie Errigo and television comedy writer Jesse Armstrong about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 10/06/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to Dillie Keane of Fascinating Aida and leading palaeontologist Prof Richard Fortey about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 10/07/2007
Keeping Up Appearances actor Clive Swift and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 10/11/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to Michael Mansfield QC and blogger Molly Flatt about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 11/03/2008
Kate Mosse talks to radio presenter Colin Murray and actor Tim Pigott-Smith about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 11/11/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison and sports broadcaster Sam Smith about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 12/02/2008
Kate Mosse talks to broadcaster Robin Lustig and Bishop of Southwark Tom Butler about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 12/06/2007
Sue MacGregor's guests are Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive of mental health charity SANE, and writer Richard Francis. Chosen works include a biography of a war resistance heroine.
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A Good Read - 13/02/2007
Sue MacGregor dissects three paperbacks with the help of two guests, journalist Lynn Barber and travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler.
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A Good Read - 13/03/2007
Sue MacGregor is joined by biographer Adam Sisman and novelist Tim Lott. They discuss a science fiction classic, a classy novel for teenagers and a brilliant prequel to Jane Eyre.
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A Good Read - 13/10/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to broadcaster Vanessa Feltz and journalist Johann Hari about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 13/11/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to actor Michael Fenton Stevens and writer and journalist Justine Picardie about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 14/07/2009
Kate Mosse talks to broadcaster and academic Dr Alice Roberts and writer and Benedictine monk Father Christopher Jamison about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 14/10/2008
Sue MacGregor presents an edition recorded at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. She talks to former Python Terry Jones and PR guru Mark Borkowski about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 15/06/2007
Sue MacGregor's guests are Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, and writer Richard Francis.
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A Good Read - 15/07/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to television documentary maker Roger Graef and author Mohsin Hamid about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 16/02/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to columnist India Knight and musician Richard Hawley about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 16/03/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to two leading virus experts, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 16/06/2009
Kate Mosse talks to writer Victoria Hislop - wife of Private Eye editor Ian - and poet and musician Martin Newell about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 16/10/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to Saira Khan and Boyd Hilton about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 17/02/2009
Kate Mosse talks to director and playwright Jonathan Holloway and playwright Nicholas McInerny about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 17/03/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to music writer and lecturer Simon Warner and poet and novelist Sophie Hannah about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 17/06/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to satirist Alistair Beaton and writer Valerie Grove about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 17/07/2007
Ed Reardon creator Christopher Douglas and the editor of Marie Claire, Marie O'Riordan, talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 17/11/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to a husband and wife team, literary editor at The Times Erica Wagner and teacher and writer Francis Gilbert, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 18/03/2008
Kate Mosse talks to Sheena McDonald and Sally Lindsay about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 18/11/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to fashion writer Caroline Charles and television presenter Josie D'Arby about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 19/02/2008
Kate Mosse talks to jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth and former Culture Secretary Chris Smith about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 19/06/2007
Sue MacGregor is joined by Shappi Khorsandi and Roberta Taylor to discuss 3 favourite books, including a reworking of Homer's Odyssey and an Australian tale of imaginary friends.
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A Good Read - 20/02/2007
Two veteran journalists join Sue MacGregor to pick and debate three favourite paperbacks - music journalist Ray Connolly and The Daily Mail's Ann Leslie.
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A Good Read - 20/03/2007
Comedy writers and performers Arabella Weir and Ken Campbell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 20/10/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to environmental campaigner Tony Juniper and former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 20/11/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to historian Eamon Duffy and journalist Elinor Goodman about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 21/07/2009
Kate Mosse talks to gardener and broadcaster Alys Fowler and physicist Prof Athene Donald about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 21/10/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to actress Patricia Routledge and writer Alexander Waugh, grandson of Evelyn Waugh, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 22/07/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Julian Barnes and Maureen Freely about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 23/02/2010
Sue MacGregor talks to actor Kenneth Cranham and writer Adam Nicolson about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 23/03/2010
Sue MacGregor discusses books recommended by two specialists of Russian history and literature, Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina.
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A Good Read - 23/06/2009
Kate Mosse talks to scientists Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Vivienne Parry about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 23/10/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to Terry Wogan and Jan Ravens about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 24/02/2009
Kate Mosse talks to actress Jenny Agutter and scientist and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 24/03/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to musician Thea Gilmore and broadcaster and writer Paul Gambaccini about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 24/06/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to former Cosmopolitan editor Marcelle d'Argy Smith and archaeologist Professor Barry Cunliffe about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 24/07/2007
Fast Show star Charlie Higson and clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 24/11/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to poet Kate Clanchy and zoologist and director of the Natural History Museum Michael Dixon about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 25/03/2008
Kate Mosse talks to former MI5 head Stella Rimington and writer Terence Blacker about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 25/11/2008
Former footballer Graeme Le Saux and BBC arts correspondent Rebecca Jones join Sue McGregor to discuss their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 26/02/2008
Kate Mosse talks to musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson and writer and critic Bidisha about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 26/06/2007
Sue MacGregor is joined by media historian Prof Jean Seaton and new media pioneer Bill Thompson to discuss their favourite paperbacks.
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A Good Read - 27/02/2007
Three more paperback recommendations from Sue MacGregor and her guests. Sue is joined by the broadcaster Anita Anand, and journalist and cyclist Matt Seaton.
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A Good Read - 27/03/2007
Arts presenter Tim Marlow and cultural historian Marina Warner talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 27/10/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to playwright David Edgar and novelist Helen Cross at the Birmingham Book Festival about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 27/11/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to novelist Preethi Nair and journalist and restaurant critic Jay Rayner about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 28/07/2009
Kate Mosse talks to singer Imelda May and poet John Hegley about their favourite books: two classics set in WWI and a poetic Japanese travelogue.
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A Good Read - 28/10/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to Marcel Berlins and Pauline Black about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 29/07/2008
Sue MacGregor talks to actress Tracy-Ann Oberman and news presenter Shaun Ley about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 30/03/2010
Sue MacGregor discusses books recommended by writer, broadcaster and ex-MP Gyles Brandreth and actor and director Burt Caesar.
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A Good Read - 30/06/2009
Kate Mosse talks to newsreader Emily Maitlis and the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 30/10/2007
Sue MacGregor talks to Jim Crace and Lionel Shriver about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 31/03/2009
Sue MacGregor talks to Ann Widdecombe and Kate Humble about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - 31/07/2007
Novelists AL Kennedy and Philip Kerr join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Baroness Mary Warnock, John Telfer
In a special edition of the programme recorded on stage at the Bristol Old Vic, Sue McGregor and guests Baroness Warnock and actor John Telfer talk about their paperback choices.
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A Good Read - Claire Fox and Lisa Appignanesi
Sue MacGregor talks to novelist, writer and broadcaster Lisa Appignanesi and director of the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Edwina Currie, Colin Tweedy
Sue MacGregor talks to former Conservative minister Edwina Currie and Chief Executive of Arts and Business Colin Tweedy about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Featuring Misha Glenny and Bob Mills
Sue MacGregor talks to author and journalist Misha Glenny and comedy performer and writer Bob Mills about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Featuring Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell
Sue MacGregor talks to songwriter and lyricist Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell, lecturer in American literature and culture, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Gary Kemp and Daljit Nagra
Sue MacGregor talks to poet Daljit Nagra and actor and Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Helen Fraser and Neil Innes
Sue MacGregor talks to Helen Fraser, chief executive of the Girls' Day School Trust, and writer and comic performer Neil Innes about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - John Sergeant and Anjum Anand
Sue MacGregor talks to journalist John Sergeant and Anjum Anand, food writer and presenter of TV's Indian Food Made Easy, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Judith Kerr, Matthew Kneale
Sue MacGregor talks to a mother and son, children's author Judith Kerr and novelist Matthew Kneale, about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Laura Wade, Will Gregory
Sue MacGregor invites young playwright Laura Wade and composer Will Gregory to share with her their recommendations for a favourite book.
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A Good Read - Mike Brearley, Julie Welch
Sue MacGregor is joined by the former England cricket captain Mike Brearly, now a psychoanalyst, and sports writer Julie Welch to discuss their chosen paperbacks.
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A Good Read - Norman Lebrecht and Antonia Quirke
Sue MacGregor talks to music commentator Norman Lebrecht and writer Antonia Quirke about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Shazia Mirza and Diana Quick
Sue MacGregor talks to actress Diana Quick and comedian Shazia Mirza about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Shirley Williams, Sathnam Sanghera
Sue MacGregor talks to politician Baroness Shirley Williams and writer Sathma Sanghera about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Stephanie Cole, Michael Horovitz
Sue MacGregor invites actress Stephanie Cole and poet Michael Horovitz to discuss their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Tim Key and Susan Calman
Sue MacGregor talks to stand-up comedian Susan Calman and comedy performer and poet Tim Key about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Philip Norman
Sue MacGregor talks to travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith and rock biographer Philip Norman about their favourite books.
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A Good Read - Timothy West, Amanda Craig
Sue MacGregor and her guests, actor Timothy West and best-selling writer Amanda Craig, discuss their favourite paperbacks in front of an audience at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre.
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