Les Dennis and Michael Simkins
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Les Dennis and Michael Simkins discuss books by Saul Bellow, Patrick Hamilton and Gene Wilder. From 2008.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - actors Les Dennis and Michael Simkins - discuss their favourite paperbacks by Saul Bellow, Patrick Hamilton and Gene Wilder.
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Publisher: Penguin
The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Constable and Robinson Limited
My French Whore: A Love Story by Gene Wilder
Publisher: Old Street
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
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Tue 1 Jul 200816:30BBC Radio 4- Fri 4 Jul 200823:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 22 Jul 201918:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 23 Jul 201900:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 24 Jul 201900:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
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