A Good Read Folgen

Theatre director/writer/actor Kathy Burke and comedian Tom Allen join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Patrick Hamilton, John Walters and Barbara Pym.Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton Publisher: Penguin Role Models by John Walters Publisher: Macmillan Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym Publisher: Macmillan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.

Actor Bill Paterson and tech philosopher Tom Chatfield join Harriett Gilbert' to discuss their favourite books by Christopher Hitchens, Terry Pratchett and Dava Sobel.Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Publisher: CorgiLongitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel Publisher: Harper PerennialMortality by Christopher Hitchens Publisher: Atlantic BooksFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2017.

Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with music presenter Verity Sharp and table tennis champion turned author Matthew Syed. Their books are The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson and Chéri by Colette. These spark deeply-felt argument over whether planting trees can save the earth and also insights into the ideal of getting back to the land, the process of ageing for women who've lived by their looks and the peculiar nature of British reserve as observed by the son of an immigrant. Books as the jumping-off point for ideas.. Producer Beth O'Dea.