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Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind

Robert Webb, Hugo Rifkind and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Graham Swift, Douglas Adams and Sam Miller. From 2018.

Comic actor and writer Robert Webb and award-winning journalist Hugo Rifkind join Harriett Gilbert to discuss some favourite books by Graham Swift, Douglas Adams and Sam Miller.

Waterland by Graham Swift.
Publisher: Picador

Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Publisher: Pan Books

Fathers to the table by Sam Miller
Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Jan 202500:00

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterHarriett Gilbert
Interviewed GuestRobert Webb
Interviewed GuestHugo Rifkind
ProducerBeth O'Dea

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 Jun 201816:30
  • Fri 8 Jun 201823:00
  • Tue 28 Jan 202510:00
  • Tue 28 Jan 202516:00
  • Wed 29 Jan 202500:00

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