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The Beauty of Books (2011)

The Beauty of Books

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1h 56m

February 7th, 2011

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Synopsis

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

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Cast

Richard Dormer
Self - Narrator
Stephen Bayley
Self - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski
Self - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Christopher de Hamel
Self - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Michelle Brown
Self - University of London
Edward Wakeling
Self - Editor of Lewis Carroll's Diaries
Carolyne Larrington
Self - St John's College Oxford
Michael Foreman
Self - Illustrator
Alixe Bovey
Self - University of Kent
Sebastian Peake
Self
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Directors

Will Aspinall
(2 episodes, 2011)
Michael Waterhouse
(2 episodes, 2011)
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Producers

Harry Bell
executive producer
Tern Television / (4 episodes, 2011)
James Hayes
executive producer: BBC (4 episodes, 2011)
Brendan Hughes
executive producer
Tern Television / (4 episodes, 2011)
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Keywords

tv mini series

Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

February 7th, 2011 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
March 7th, 2011 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (limited)

Alternative Titles

The Beauty of Books (original title)
Ο υπέροχος κόσμος των βιβλίων (Greece)
The Beauty of Books (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Running Times

116 min ((4 episodes))

Production Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Television
Tern TV
Tern Television
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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