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UK /ITV Network - London Weekend Television / 13x25 minute episodes / 1972 (2 Jan - 26 March / Sundays @ 12.05pm)
Designer: Barbara Bates / Producer: David Coulter / Programme Editor: Ann Wolff / Research: Sally Dinning
Sunday lunchtime book programme presented by Bryan Magee in which he spoke to writers, illustrators and publishers about the
world of books. Some prominent novelists appeared including the likes of Edna O'Brien, John Mortimer and George MacDonald Fraser.
THE EPISODES
1. NO - BUT I'VE SEEN THE FILM (Broadcast: Sunday 2 Jan 1972 @ 12:05pm)
Bryan Magee looks at recent books which have been turned into movies as well as chats to Edna O'Brien whose own novel Zee
and Co had just been turned into a movie.
2. LIKE THAT, WAS IT? (Broadcast: Sunday 9 Jan 1972 @ 12:05pm)
A look at how much fiction is allowed in historical biography. Guests were Neville Williams and John Hale.
3. HEART - THROB (Broadcast: Sunday 16 Jan 1972 @ 12:05pm)
Bryan Magee talks about the art of the romance novel with five prominent authors in the genre - Barbara
Cartland, Denise Robins, Kay Thorpe, Kate Norway, Violet Winspear.
4. BETWEEN THE COVERS (Broadcast: Sunday 23 Jan 1972 @ 12:05pm)
A look at the difficulties of getting into print and the dreaded rejection slip.
5. THE GREATEST ESCAPE (Broadcast: Sunday 30 Jan 1972 @12:05pm)
How a great adventure story can take us out of our evryday lives, with Manning O'Brine and
J.T. Edson
6. THIS IS MY LIFE (Broadcast: Sunday 6 Feb 1972 @ 12:05pm)
Bryan talks to Laurie Lee and Jack Dash both of whom have had best selling books based on their life stories and discovers that
despite similar beginnings their lives have gone in wildly different directions.
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