The Beauty of Books

Name: The Beauty of Books
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-02-07
Cast: Richard Dormer, Stephen Bayley, Rick Gekoski, Michelle Brown, Christopher de Hamel

2011 · 1 season · 4 eps · Documentary

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Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

Network: BBC Four

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Cast

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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