Books That Made Britain - regional programmes

Books That Made Britain takes us on an incredible journey of the great cities and landscapes that have inspired some of the most-loved books on our bookshelves.

Presenters across the country will front each of these 11 regional programmes for BBC One from an area they know and love.

Martha Kearney will be in East Anglia, ‘Suggs’ Graham McPherson in London, John Wedgwood Clarke in the North of England, Gemma Cairney will be exploring Bristol, Alice Levine will be in her hometown of Nottingham, Chris Donald in the North East, Damian Barr in the South East, Chris Packham in the South West, Qasa Alom in the West Midlands, Craig Henderson in the South and Simon O’Brien in the North West.

The series of documentaries has been produced by BBC English Regions in partnership with BBC Learning. Books That Made Britain is part of the BBC #LoveToRead season.

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