The Beauty of Books

Title details

Type

TV Series

Original title

The Beauty of Books

Release year

2011

First air date

February 7, 2011

Last air date

February 28, 2011

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Episode runtime

30 minutes

Genres

Documentary

Networks

BBC Four

Production companies

BBC, Tern TV

TMDB

View on TMDB

Official website

www.bbc.co.uk

Seasons

Cast

Richard Dormer

Narrator

S

Stephen Bayley

Himself - Author & Design Critic

R

Rick Gekoski

Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer

M

Michelle Brown

Herself - University of London

C

Christopher de Hamel

Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge

A

Alison Bailey

Herself - Curator British Library

A

Andrew Biswell

Himself - Burgess Biographer

A

Alixe Bovey

Herself - University of Kent

M

Michael Foreman

Himself - Illustrator

J

John Gray

Himself - Designer

C

Carolyne Larrington

Herself - St. John's College Oxford

P

Patricia Lovett

Herself - Scribe & Illustrator

E

Edward Maggs

Himself - Rare Book Dealer

J

John McConnell

Himself - Designer

S

Scot McKendrick

Himself - British Library

P

Paul W. Nash

Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford

D

David Parker

Himself - University of Birmingham

S

Sebastian Peake

Himself

Characters

• Narrator voiced by Richard Dormer
• Himself - Author & Design Critic voiced by Stephen Bayley
• Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer voiced by Rick Gekoski
• Herself - University of London voiced by Michelle Brown
• Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge voiced by Christopher de Hamel
• Herself - Curator British Library voiced by Alison Bailey
• Himself - Burgess Biographer voiced by Andrew Biswell
• Herself - University of Kent voiced by Alixe Bovey
• Himself - Illustrator voiced by Michael Foreman
• Himself - Designer voiced by John Gray
• Herself - St. John's College Oxford voiced by Carolyne Larrington
• Herself - Scribe & Illustrator voiced by Patricia Lovett
• Himself - Rare Book Dealer voiced by Edward Maggs
• Himself - Designer voiced by John McConnell
• Himself - British Library voiced by Scot McKendrick
• Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford voiced by Paul W. Nash
• Himself - University of Birmingham voiced by David Parker
• Himself voiced by Sebastian Peake

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