The Beauty of Books
20111 Season30m episodes
Documentary
- Runtime
- 30m episodes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- GB
About
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Feb 7, 2011
- Network
- BBC Four
- Studio
- BBC, Tern TV
Time to finish
2 hrs
4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.
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
Michael Foreman
Himself - Illustrator
John Gray
Himself - Designer
Carolyne Larrington
Herself - St. John's College Oxford
Patricia Lovett
Herself - Scribe & Illustrator
Edward Maggs
Himself - Rare Book Dealer
John McConnell
Himself - Designer
Scot McKendrick
Himself - British Library
Paul W. Nash
Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford
David Parker
Himself - University of Birmingham
Sebastian Peake
Himself
David Pearson
Himself - Designer
David Pelham
Himself - Designer
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