Gareth Armstrong and Jenny Uglow
Sarah Lefanu, Gareth Armstrong and Jenny Uglow discuss books by Bill Bryson, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Raban. From April 1999.
Sarah Lefanu and her guests, actor Gareth Armstrong and biographer Jenny Uglow, discuss three favourite paperbacks by Bill Bryson, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Raban. From 1999.
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Publisher: Penguin
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
Publisher: Flamingo
Our Glory by Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Picador.
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Tue 20 Apr 199916:00BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 25 Apr 199923:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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