The Beauty of Books

Feb 07, 2011 (en) Documentary [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Feb 07, 2011
  • Production
    BBC, Tern TV
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Beauty of Books
  • Release
    Feb 07, 2011
  • en
    -

Overview

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

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Michael Waterhouse

    Producer

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  1. Richard Dormer

    Narrator

  2. Stephen Bayley

    Himself - Author & Design Critic

  3. Rick Gekoski

    Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer

  4. Michelle Brown

    Herself - University of London

  5. Christopher de Hamel

    Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge

  6. Alison Bailey

    Herself - Curator British Library

  7. Andrew Biswell

    Himself - Burgess Biographer

  8. Alixe Bovey

    Herself - University of Kent

  9. Michael Foreman

    Himself - Illustrator

  10. John Gray

    Himself - Designer

  11. Carolyne Larrington

    Herself - St. John's College Oxford

  12. Patricia Lovett

    Herself - Scribe & Illustrator

  13. Edward Maggs

    Himself - Rare Book Dealer

  14. John McConnell

    Himself - Designer

  15. Scot McKendrick

    Himself - British Library

  16. Paul W. Nash

    Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford

  17. David Parker

    Himself - University of Birmingham

  18. Sebastian Peake

    Himself

  19. David Pearson

    Himself - Designer

  20. David Pelham

    Himself - Designer

  21. Wesley Rykalski

    Himself - Historical Researcher

  22. Janet Soskice

    Herself - University of Cambridge

  23. D.J. Taylor

    Himself - Orwell Biographer

  24. John Vernon

    Himself

  25. Edward Wakeling

    Himself - Editor of Lewis Carroll's Diaries

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 25 / Crews : 18

Season 1 ( 2011-02-07)

Ancient Bibles

Episode: 1

Medieval Masterpieces

Episode: 2

Illustrated Wonderlands

Episode: 3

Paperback Writer

Episode: 4
Feb 07, 2011 (en)
Documentary
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Feb 07, 2011
  • Production
    BBC, Tern TV
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title The Beauty of Books
en

Overview

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

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Michael Waterhouse

    Producer