Series201130 min / epEnded

The Beauty of Books

Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

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BBC

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1 season

4 episodes

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Featured Cast

Richard Dormer

Narrator

Stephen Bayley

Himself - Author & Design Critic

Rick Gekoski

Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer

Michelle Brown

Herself - University of London

Christopher de Hamel

Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Alison Bailey

Herself - Curator British Library

Andrew Biswell

Himself - Burgess Biographer

Alixe Bovey

Herself - University of Kent

Michael Foreman

Himself - Illustrator

#10

John Gray

Himself - Designer

#11

Carolyne Larrington

Herself - St. John's College Oxford

#12

Patricia Lovett

Herself - Scribe & Illustrator

Crew

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Mairead Cullen

Production Coordinator

Production

Paul Devlin

Editor

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Paul Devlin

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Raphaelle Boland

Researcher

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Brendan Hughes

Executive Producer

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Ian Maclagan

Sound

Andy Tohill

Assistant Editor

Editing

Paul Maynes

Sound Mixer

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Carla McCabe

Production Manager

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Alec Walker

Art Direction

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Michael Waterhouse

Producer

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Vaughan Matthews

Director of Photography

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Season 1

4 episodes • 2011

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