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Bookclub is a monthly programme, devised by Olivia Seligman and hosted by Jim Naughtie and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Each month a novel is selected, and its author invited to discuss it. The title of the chosen work for the next recording is announced at the end of each broadcast; this allows listeners to read the book in advance, and those who ...
A Good Read is one of BBC Radio 4's longest-running programmes in which two guests join the main presenter to choose and discuss their favourite books. The programme grew out of an occasional slot on Weekend Woman's Hour, initiated in 1970. [1] Between 1976 and 1978 Amanda Theunissen hosted three guests in an early version of the format. [2]
[2] [3] The show aired on KCRW-FM (89.9) in Santa Monica on Thursdays at 2:30pm. [4] The show was also available on WNYC Radio 820-AM at 4:30pm on Sundays. [5] The show is syndicated to more than fifty radio stations throughout the United States. [6] According to Believer Magazine, Silverblatt has interviewed over twelve hundred writers. [7]
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.
Book at Bedtime (A Book at Bedtime until 9 July 1993) is a long-running radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each weekday evening between 22.45 and 23.00. [1]The programme presents readings of fiction, including modern classics, new works by leading writers, and literature from around the world.
Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series that is broadcast daily on week days. Each week, extracts from the selected book, usually a non-fiction work, are read over five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning (9:45am) and repeated overnight (12:30am).
Radio programs about books and literature. Pages in category "Radio programs about books and literature" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Open Book was a BBC Radio 4 book review programme. It has been presented by Humphrey Carpenter, Philippa Gregory, Nick Revell and Charlie Lee-Potter, with Mariella Frostrup as the regular presenter from 2003 until 2020. [1] [2] [3] As of 2021, the show is hosted by Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts. [4]