
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
First Aired: 2/7/2011
Languages: English
Type: Documentary
Companies: BBC, Tern TV
Countries: United Kingdom

Alison Bailey
Herself - Curator British Library

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
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