The Beauty of Books

The Beauty of Books

2011
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Documentary
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

Seasons

Season 1
2011 • 4 Episodes
The British Library in London is home to 14 million books, on shelves that stretch over 600km. Extraordinary vessels of ideas and knowledge, they testify to the love affair we have with books. This series explores the enduring appeal and importance of books from a 4th century bible to present day paperbacks.

Cast

Richard Dormer
Richard Dormer
Narrator
Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley
Himself - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski
Rick Gekoski
Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Michelle Brown
Michelle Brown
Herself - University of London
Christopher de Hamel
Christopher de Hamel
Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Alison Bailey
Alison Bailey
Herself - Curator British Library

Crew

Producer
James Hayes, Brendan Hughes, Harry Bell

Network

BBC Four

Production

BBC, Tern TV

Keywords

miniseriesbooks