A Good Read - 23/02/2010

Sue MacGregor talks to actor Kenneth Cranham and writer Adam Nicolson about their favourite books. Kenneth's choice is the biography of a notorious 1960s playwright - a book he himself features in. Adam chooses two short memoirs written by the widow of a poet killed in the First World War, and Sue's selection is the autobiography of an English actor who was once the darling of Hollywood. Books featured in this programme: Sue MacGregor: The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven Publ. Penguin Adam Nicolson: Under Storm's Wing by Helen Thomas Publ. Carcanet Kenneth Cranham: Prick up Your Ears by John Lahr Publ. Bloomsbury.