The Book Show

Episode 5

Episode 23

For the new series' first episode, Mariella Frostrup (right) is at the 60th Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Episode 24

Iranian-born comedienne Shappi Khorsandi, veteran journalist Harold Evans, and Melvyn Bragg

Episode 25

Ian Rankin and Tracy Chevalier

Episode 26

Dr Brooke Magnanti, 34, works at St Michael's Hospital and wrote best-selling books about her time as a prostitute as sh

Episode 27

John O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden, and Alison Weir

Episode 28

Michael Palin, Andrew Marr, and John Banville

Episode 29

At the start of a new run Mariella Frostrup recaps some of the highlights from the series that has got people talking ab

Episode 30

Robert Harris, William Boyd, and Lynn Barber

Episode 31

Looking back over the best bits from the first half of series four. Patricia Cornwell, Sue Townsend, Ian Rankin, and the

Episode 32

Episode 33

Antonia Fraser, Ian McEwan, and Joanna Trollope

Episode 34

Fantasy sage Terry Pratchett. Orange Prize-winner Andrea Levy discussing her new novel, The Long Song. Marina Lewycka ta

Episode 35

Philip Pullman, who is creating a stir with his new book about Jesus. Pullman retells the gospels with Jesus and Christ

Episode 36

Upper-crust socialite and interior designer Nicky Haslam recounts anecdotes from his biography, and thriller writer Phil

Episode 37

John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; American novelist Joshua Ferris; and politician Shirley Williams

Episode 38

Roddy Doyle on his fictional trilogy exploring what it means to be Irish; feminist Natasha Walter on the hypersexual soc

Episode 39

David Nicholls, Alistair Campbell, and Simon Kernick

Episode 40

Authors George Pelecanos and Joanne Harris, and poet Simon Armitage

Episode 41

Blake Morrison, Maggie O'Farrell, and Ben Macintyre

Episode 42

Episode 24 "final episode of the series" - Professor Robert Winston on liabilities, Joseph O'Connor on love stories, and

Episode 43

The Book Show at Hay: Turner winning ceramicist Grayson Perry, journalist Tony Parsons, and well travelled honorary Engl

Episode 44

The Book Show at Hay: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Nadine Gordimer, and Christopher Hitchens. Music from Alex Valentine.

Episode 45

Antony Beevor replacing Gary Kemp on the show tonight. Other guests are Audrey Niffenegger, Jo Brand & Dennis Rollins.

Episode 46

Simon Schama, Joss Ackland, and Rob Brydon are the guests on Mariella's sofa today. Music from Thea Gilmore.

Episode 47

The Book Show at Hay: William Dalrymple, Jacqueline Wilson, and Sir Ian Blair. Music is from the ever excellent Orquesta

Episode 48

The Book Show at Hay: Louis de Bernières, who has taken a shot at writing about rural England in the 1960s in his new b

Episode 49

The Book Show at Hay: Brian May, Virginia McKenna, and Alexander McCall Smith talk animals, including a dog bugged by MI

Episode 1

NEW SERIES 5 - Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, and James Ellroy

Episode 2

Jilly Cooper, Judith Kerr, and Salman Rushdie

Episode 3

Lynne Reid Banks, Justine Picardie, Barry Humphries, and Lee Child

Episode 4

Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl; Val McDermid; and Michael Frayn

Episode 5

Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel Surface Detail, Michelle Paver on why she finds the arctic such a scary place in

Episode 6

Helen of Troy in jeans Bettany Hughes, travel writer Tim Butcher, and satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Plus, Alison W

Episode 7

India Knight talks about Comfort & Joy, Nicholas Evans on The Brave, and Amanda Foreman on A World on Fire

Episode 8

Conn Iggulden, Michael Holroyd, and Dawn French on their latest books and what every 21 year old should be reading. Plus

Episode 9

Sir Michael Parkinson talks about lasting fame as Emu's interviewer and being grumpy, Edmund de Waal shows off his famil

Episode 10

Nigella Lawson, Kevin McCloud, and Kate Morton

Episode 11

Biographer Sarah Bakewell, spin doctor and diarist Alistair Campbell, and cult film director John Waters

Episode 12

Lindsey Davis, Daisy Goodwin, and Raymond Khoury

Episode 13

Guest authors Matthew Parris, Leila Aboulela, and writer/director Rowan Joffé. Also Armistead Maupin on his Bedside Rea

Episode 14

Linda Grant, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Jane Shilling. Plus Belle de Jour's bedside reads, Mark Mills' Book Club, and S

Episode 15

Wendy Holden, Anthony Quinn, and Edna O'Brien as well as a trip to Paris to see Victor Hugo's study, as well as Rebecca

Episode 16

Allison Pearson, Helen Dunmore, and Francesca Beauman. Plus: Hugh Bonneville on his book club choice, Kate Mosse on The

Episode 17

Bath Literature Festival (1/2): Howard Jacobson, Colin Thubron, and Kim Edwards

Episode 18

Bath Literature Festival (2/2): Kazuo Ishiguro, David Starkey, and Aminatta Forna

Episode 19

Words by the Water: Jackie Kay, Valerie Grove, and Joanna Trollope

Episode 20

Ways With Words Festival: Salley Vickers, Manju Kapur, and Chris Mullin

Episode 21

Noughts and Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Costa-nominated author Louise Doughty, and controversial historian Niall Fe

Episode 22

Melvyn Bragg, Emma Donoghue, and Wendy Cope

Episode 23

Biographer Hugo Vickers tells all about Wallis Simpson, bestselling rom-com author Jenny Colgan serves up a feast, and J

Episode 24

Philip Hensher, Peter Ackroyd, and Sara Paretsky

Episode 25

Stefanie Powers, Monica Ali,and Paula McLain

Episode 26

Simon Winchester, Esther Freud, and Eoin Colfer

Episode 27

Bestseller Wilbur Smith, Sky News' presenter turned novelist Kay Burley, and John Julius Norwich gives us an audience wh

Episode 28

Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful mem

Episode 29

Stella Tillyard, Douglas Kennedy, and Edward St Aubyn

Episode 30

The Book Show at Hay (1/4): Paul Theroux, Jeffery Deaver, and Cerys Matthews - who also entertains us with a song from h

Episode 31

The Book Show at Hay (2/4): Professor Brian Cox, Henning Mankell, and Mark Logue

Episode 32

The Book Show at Hay (3/4): David Baddiel, Elif Shafak, and David Bailey

Episode 33

The Book Show at Hay (4/4): Victor Gregg, Adam Nicolson, and Marcus Sedgwick

Episode 34

Terry Jones on his Animal Tales and new film, author Rosamund Lupton with her latest, and Deborah Moggach pays tribute t

Episode 35

Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and John Boyne

Episode 36

Colm Toibin, Liz Lochhead, and author/director Rebecca Miller (last episode of this series)

Episode 1

Find out what Pamela Stephenson Connolly thinks is the sexiest thing someone can do, what Joan Bakewell's guilty pleasur

Episode 99

The show's final episode