Phil the Shelf
Phil Rickman presents BBC Radio Wales' book programme
Phil the Shelf - 01/01/2011
Writer and broadcaster Phil Rickman explores the fascinating world of books.
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Phil the Shelf - 01/08/2010
Phil Rickman talks to David Crystal about A Little Book of Language, and Jon Simpson on his book Unreliable Sources, which chronicles 20th century British journalism.
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Phil the Shelf - 04/07/2010
Phil looks at the crime genre with the work of Val McDermid and Peter James, and he speaks to a forensic psychologist and an ex-pharmacist who has written a book about poisons.
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Phil the Shelf - 05/07/2009
Phil Rickman explores the Tudor period through the eyes of novelist Maeve Haran and historians Simon Schama and David Starkey.
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Phil the Shelf - 07/12/2008
Phil Rickman brings the highlights from the Hay Winter Festival and talks to authors Libby Purves, Kate Summerscale and Ben Crystal.
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Phil the Shelf - 11/07/2010
The supernatural - Phil Rickman chats to psychic phenomenon investigator David Fontana and to Audrey Niffenegger about her ghost story, Her Fearful Symmetry.
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Phil the Shelf - 12/07/2009
Phil Rickman delves into the world of show business by examining the work of celebrity authors Mark Radcliffe and Julian Clary.
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Phil the Shelf - 12/12/2010
Phil Rickman hosts the programme from the Hay Winter Book Festival, with authors Rob Penn, Anthony Woodward and Rachel Hewitt.
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Phil the Shelf - 14/12/2008
Phil Rickman explores the attraction of horror and nouveau-gothic fiction with authors Suzanne McLeod (The Sweet Scent of Blood) and Peter Luther (The Mourning Vessels).
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Phil the Shelf - 18/07/2010
Phil Rickman looks at children's fiction and interviews Charlie Higson about his latest book, which explores the zombie myth.
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Phil the Shelf - 19/12/2010
Writer and broadcaster Phil Rickman explores the fascinating world of books.
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Phil the Shelf - 21/06/2009
Phil Rickman explores the world of books, from the crime fiction of G F Newman to Elizabethan history as seen through the eyes of David Starkey.
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Phil the Shelf - 21/11/2010
Writer and broadcaster Phil Rickman explores the fascinating world of books.
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Phil the Shelf - 21/12/2008
Phil Rickman explores the art of historical fiction, and talks to author Nick Brownlee about the similarities between crime writing and journalism.
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Phil the Shelf - 25/07/2010
Writer and broadcaster Phil Rickman explores the fascinating world of books.
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Phil the Shelf - 25/11/2007
4/7. Phil Rickman examines the art of writing historical fiction, and talks to Hywel Williams about his book, A History of Magnificent Kingship.
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Phil the Shelf - 26/07/2009
Crime writers Russell James, Elly Griffiths and MR Hall are given a thorough investigation by Phil Rickman.
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Phil the Shelf - 27/06/2010
Writer and broadcaster Phil Rickman begins a new series exploring the fascinating world of books.
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Phil the Shelf - 28/06/2009
Phil Rickman explores the world of the travel writer as he follows a swallow with Horatio Clare and travels to Darwin's Island with Welsh geneticist Stephen Jones.
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Phil the Shelf - 28/11/2010
Phil Rickman explores three books with a strong music theme, a book on former Pink Floyd member, Syd Barrett and a novel chronicling the last moments of Richey Edwards' life.
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