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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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2011.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Nov 2020 03:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 22 Feb 2011 16:30
  • Tue 22 Feb 2011 16:45
  • Fri 25 Feb 2011 23:00
  • Mon 9 Nov 2020 18:30
  • Tue 10 Nov 2020 00:30
  • Sat 14 Nov 2020 15:30
  • Sun 15 Nov 2020 03:30

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