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Radio Wales,22 Dec 2025,30 mins

Available for 16 days

In this special edition of Books That Made Me, Lucy Owen speak to Michael Sheen about his childhood Christmas memories. Michael reads an extract from Richard Burton's Christmas book called, A Christmas Story and tells Lucy about the books he reads to his young children. Actor and writer Stephen Mangan tells Lucy all about his Christmas book, Barrie Saves Christmas and shares his memories of busy family festivities and why he thinks A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is his favourite Christmas book. Welsh writer, Manon Steffan Ros tells Lucy which book she would save from the giant page eating book worm and a group of children share their favourite reads.

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