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A Good Read Episodes

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    Virginia Ironside and Jeremy Lewis

    Louise Doughty is joined by Jeremy Lewis and Virginia Ironside to discuss books.

  2. Baroness Margaret Jay and Ekow Eshun

    Margaret and Ekow discuss books by Douglas Coupland, Colm Toibin and Philip Larkin.

  3. Sir Christopher Bland and Charlie Higson

    Louise Doughty and guests discuss books by JM Coetzee, Jim Thompson and George Orwell.

  4. Frederic Raphael and Amanda Vickery

    Frederic and Amanda discuss paperbacks by AS Byatt, Peter Robb and Ronald Wright.

  5. Sir Robert May and Pauline Melville

    Louise Doughty, Robert May and Pauline Melville discuss books by Primo Levi, Gilbert White

  6. Professor Richard Gregory and Henrietta Green

    Margaret Forster, Richard Gregory and Henrietta Green discuss paperbacks.

  7. Margaret Forster, Joan Bakewell and Gerard McBurney

    Margaret Forster, Joan Bakewell and Gerard McBurney select books to debate.

  8. Bonnie Greer, John Polkinghorne and Arnold Brown

    Bonnie Greer and guests discuss paperbacks by JM Coetzee, Keith Ward and Alison Lurie.

  9. Sir Jeremy Isaacs and Professor Mary Douglas

    Jeremy Isaacs and Mary Douglas discuss Laurence Sterne, RL Stevenson and Barbara Reynolds.

  10. Nicola Davies and Max Jarrett

    Discussing paperbacks by Fannie Flagg, Ralph Ellison and Giles Foden. From November 1999.

  11. John Sergeant and Hunter Davies

    Bel Mooney, John Sergeant and Hunter Davies discuss Evelyn Waugh and Alfred Wainwright.

  12. Baroness Blackstone and Julian Le Grand

    Baroness Blackstone and Julian Le Grand discuss JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian, Jane Gardam.

  13. Souad Faress and John Sutherland

    Souad Faress and John Sutherland discuss books by Salman Rushdie and James Baldwin.

  14. Mike Figgis and Mike Hodges

    Mike Figgis and Mike Hodges discuss books by James Blinn, Frederick Exley and Barbara Pym.

  15. Mavis Cheek and Robert Elms

    Mavis and Robert discuss books by Jerome K Jerome, Cormac McCarthy and Norman Lewis.

  16. Anne Harvey and Peter Preston

    Sarah, Peter and Anna discuss books by Cicely Hamilton, Raymond Chandler and Rose Tremain.

  17. Pippa Greenwood and Phill Jupitus

    Sarah, Phill and Pippa discuss books by Helene Hanff, Stephen Fry and Amy Tan.

  18. Simon Hoggart and Jenny Lacey

    Sarah, Simon and Jenny discuss books by Ellen Gilchrist, Michael Frayn and Anthony Powell.

  19. Bibi Baskin and Giles Foden

    Bibi and Giles talk about books by Patrick McCabe, Paul Muldoon and Eric Newby.

  20. Howard Brenton and Alexander Walker

    Sara, Howard and Alexander discuss books by Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig and George Orwell.

  21. Richard Holmes and Hilary Mantel

    Sarah, Richard and Hilary discuss books by Molly Keane, Arnold Wesker and Henry James.

  22. Gareth Armstrong and Jenny Uglow

    Gareth and Jenny books by Bill Bryson, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Raban.

  23. Jim Perrin and Marina Warner

    Sarah, Jim and Marina discuss works by JM Synge, Robert Graves and Maeve Binchy.

  24. Rob Newman and Sara Wheeler

    Rob and Sara discuss books by David C Korten, Robert Byron and Margaret Forster.

  25. Shirley Hughes and Ken Smith

    Sarah LeFanu, Shirley Hughes and Ken Smith on books by Arnold Bennett and E Annie Proulx.

  26. Brian Aldiss and Richard Fortey

    Brian and Richard discuss books by T Coraghesson Boyle, Bernhard Schlink and Graham Greene

  27. Mick Aston and Penelope Leach

    Mick and Penelope discuss paperbacks by Oliver Rackham, RL Stevenson and William Golding.

  28. Bel Mooney and Dr Mark Porter

    Guests discuss books by Lidiya Ginzburg, Jonathan Coe, Randolph Nesse and George Williams.

  29. Simon Armitage and Sir Crispin Tickell

    Simon and Sir Crispin discuss books by Richard Fortey, Daniel Defoe and Muriel Spark.

  30. Marie Helvin and Charles Secrett

    Marie and Charles on books by Steinbeck, Elizabeth Gaskell and Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

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