The Beauty of Books

The Beauty of Books (2011)

Documentary

Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

  • First Air Date: 2011-02-07
  • Last Air Date: 2011-02-28
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 4
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Network: BBC Four

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    4 Episodes

Trailer

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

  • Wesley Rykalski

    Himself - Historical Researcher

  • Janet Soskice

    Herself - University of Cambridge

  • D.J. Taylor

    Himself - Orwell Biographer

  • John Vernon

    Himself

  • Edward Wakeling

    Himself - Editor of Lewis Carroll's Diaries

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