Synopsis
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
Series Information
- First Aired
- 2011
- Last Aired
- 2011
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode Length
- 30 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Network
- BBC Four
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Richard Dormer
Narrator
Stephen Bayley
Himself - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski
Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Michelle Brown
Herself - University of London
Christopher de Hamel
Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Alison Bailey
Herself - Curator British Library
Andrew Biswell
Himself - Burgess Biographer
Alixe Bovey
Herself - University of Kent
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