Barry Norman & Ben Pimlott
4 Extra Debut. Matthew Parris, Barry Norman and Ben Pimlott discuss George Orwell, Donna Leon and George Eliot. From September 2001.
Matthew Parris and his guests, film critic Barry Norman and historian Ben Pimlott, discuss favourite books by George Orwell, Donna Leon and George Eliot. From 2001.
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Publisher: Penguin
Friends in High Places by Donna Leon
Publisher: Arrow
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Publisher: Penguin.
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Tue 11 Sep 200116:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 16 Sep 200123:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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