CinemaOSSeries · 2011 · 1 Season

The Beauty of Books

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

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Status: Ended
Language: EN
First aired: February 7, 2011
Last aired: February 28, 2011
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4

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Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

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

John Gray

Himself - Designer

Creative team

Showrunner: James Hayes
Brendan Hughes
Produced by: Michael Waterhouse

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