Ian Hislop and Jan Etherington
4 Extra Debut. Ian Hislop, Jan Etherington and Kate Saunders on books by WC Sellar & RJ Yeatman, Roger Deakin and Patrick Dennis. From 2011.
Kate Saunders and her guests - Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye and star of BBC TV's Have I Got News For You, and Jan Etherington, writer of comedies like Next of Kin, and Second Thoughts - discuss favourite books by WC Sellar & R.J Yeatman, Roger Deakin and Patrick Dennis.
1066 and All That by WC Sellar & RJ Yeatman
Publisher: Methuen
Waterlog by Roger Deakin
Publisher: Vintage
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
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