Basic Info
First Air: February 07, 2011
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Last Episode
Name: Paperback Writer
Season: 1, Episode: 4
Air Date: 2011-02-28
Runtime: 30 min
The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market.
The Beauty of Books
2011
1 seasons
4 episodes
Overview
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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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
Crew
James Hayes
Executive Producer
Brendan Hughes
Executive Producer
Harry Bell
Executive Producer
Michael Waterhouse
Producer
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