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Terry Jones and Mark Borkowski

4 Extra Debut. Terry Jones, Mark Borkowski and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Ronald Wright, Alan Bennett and Jim Steinmeyer. From 2008.

Monty Python star Terry Jones and PR guru Mark Borkowski join Sue MacGregor to discuss favourite books by Ronald Wright, Alan Bennett and Jim Steinmeyer.

Special edition from the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
Publisher: Canongate

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Publisher: Profile Books / Faber and Faber

Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer
Publisher: Arrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

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  • Tue 14 Oct 200816:30
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