Episode 7
Belle de Jour, David Mitchell, Eoin Colfer and Hilary Mantel talk to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show
Joining us in the studio this week are four very special guests. In her first ever television interview since revealing her true identity, former call-girl Brooke Magnanti (Belle de Jour) confesses all to Mariella. Also facing questioning from Mariella Frostrup are TV funny man David Mitchell, this year’s Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and Irish author Eoin Colfer.
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MARIELLA'S RECOMMENDED READS
If you’re after ideas of what literary treasures Santa might need to wrap up this festive season, have a look at Mariella's recommended Crhistmas reads >>
WRITE PLACE
A rare treat in the form of a visit in the company of Richard Dawkins to the study where Darwin wrote his extraordinarily influential ‘On the Origin of Species’.
LITERARY HEROES AND HEROINES
Each week our guests tell us about their favourite characters in literature. Tune in to find out who this week’s guests have had their hearts captured by.
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