The Book Show

Nov 2, 2006

Stephen King, Salman Rushdie (Shalimar the Clown), and Barbara Taylor Bradford

Nov 15, 2007

Oct 15, 2009

For the new series' first episode, Mariella Frostrup (right) is at the 60th Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Oct 22, 2009

Iranian-born comedienne Shappi Khorsandi, veteran journalist Harold Evans, and Melvyn Bragg

Nov 5, 2009

Ian Rankin and Tracy Chevalier

Nov 26, 2009

Dr Brooke Magnanti, 34, works at St Michael's Hospital and wrote best-selling books about her time as a prostitute as she struggled to make ends meet. Also, Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel.

Dec 3, 2009

John O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden, and Alison Weir

Dec 10, 2009

Michael Palin, Andrew Marr, and John Banville

Feb 25, 2010

At the start of a new run Mariella Frostrup recaps some of the highlights from the series that has got people talking about books again. These include conversations with Dr Brooke Magnanti, the real-life Belle De Jour and inspiration for Billie Piper's character in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Ben Elton, Sue Townsend and Robert Harris.

Mar 4, 2010

Robert Harris, William Boyd, and Lynn Barber

Mar 11, 2010

Looking back over the best bits from the first half of series four. Patricia Cornwell, Sue Townsend, Ian Rankin, and the almost ubiquitous David Mitchell all pop in for literary chat.

Mar 18, 2010

Mar 25, 2010

Antonia Fraser, Ian McEwan, and Joanna Trollope

Apr 1, 2010

Fantasy sage Terry Pratchett. Orange Prize-winner Andrea Levy discussing her new novel, The Long Song. Marina Lewycka talks about the inspiration for her book We Are All Made of Glue. Plus, Sebastian Barry takes us to Ireland and the place where he wrote his prize-winning novel The Secret Scripture, and we discover Cherie Blair's bedtime reading.

Apr 8, 2010

Philip Pullman, who is creating a stir with his new book about Jesus. Pullman retells the gospels with Jesus and Christ as brothers and two distinct characters. Rose Tremain talks about the follow up to her Orange prize winner. Plus, Lemony Snicket with his bedtime reading suggestions and award-winning debut novelist Neel Mukherjee.

Apr 15, 2010

Upper-crust socialite and interior designer Nicky Haslam recounts anecdotes from his biography, and thriller writer Philip Kerr recommends reading Michel De Montaigne's essays when you are "feeling a bit thick". Monty Don talks about gardening, and a dry and unflappable Lionel Shriver talks about the American healthcare system in relation to her new novel, So Much for That.

Apr 22, 2010

John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; American novelist Joshua Ferris; and politician Shirley Williams

Apr 29, 2010

Roddy Doyle on his fictional trilogy exploring what it means to be Irish; feminist Natasha Walter on the hypersexual society; John Lanchester on his bedtime reading (Tolstoy); and Martin Amis on women's liberation, the sexual revolution and autobiographical fiction.

May 6, 2010

David Nicholls, Alistair Campbell, and Simon Kernick

May 13, 2010

Authors George Pelecanos and Joanne Harris, and poet Simon Armitage

May 20, 2010

Blake Morrison, Maggie O'Farrell, and Ben Macintyre

May 27, 2010

Episode 24 "final episode of the series" - Professor Robert Winston on liabilities, Joseph O'Connor on love stories, and Jonathan Coe on loneliness. Plus, Martina Cole talks trade secrets.

May 29, 2010

The Book Show at Hay: Turner winning ceramicist Grayson Perry, journalist Tony Parsons, and well travelled honorary Englishman Bill Bryson. Plus contributions from Jerry Hall and Beth Orton.

May 30, 2010

The Book Show at Hay: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Nadine Gordimer, and Christopher Hitchens. Music from Alex Valentine.

May 31, 2010

Antony Beevor replacing Gary Kemp on the show tonight. Other guests are Audrey Niffenegger, Jo Brand & Dennis Rollins.

Jun 1, 2010

Simon Schama, Joss Ackland, and Rob Brydon are the guests on Mariella's sofa today. Music from Thea Gilmore.

Jun 2, 2010

The Book Show at Hay: William Dalrymple, Jacqueline Wilson, and Sir Ian Blair. Music is from the ever excellent Orquesta Buena Vista.

Jun 3, 2010

The Book Show at Hay: Louis de Bernières, who has taken a shot at writing about rural England in the 1960s in his new book, Notwithstanding; Allegra Huston, author of the memoir Love Child; and the current children's laureate Anthony Browne.

Jun 4, 2010

The Book Show at Hay: Brian May, Virginia McKenna, and Alexander McCall Smith talk animals, including a dog bugged by MI5. Music from the truly brilliant Toumani Diabate, and mathematician Alex Bellos teaches us how to cut a cake in a mathematical fashion.

Oct 14, 2010

NEW SERIES 5 - Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, and James Ellroy

Oct 21, 2010

Jilly Cooper, Judith Kerr, and Salman Rushdie

Oct 28, 2010

Lynne Reid Banks, Justine Picardie, Barry Humphries, and Lee Child

Nov 4, 2010

Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl; Val McDermid; and Michael Frayn

Nov 11, 2010

Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel Surface Detail, Michelle Paver on why she finds the arctic such a scary place in her new novel Dark Matter, and Bernard Cornwell on how necessity drove him to become a novelist and his latest book The Fort.

Nov 18, 2010

Helen of Troy in jeans Bettany Hughes, travel writer Tim Butcher, and satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Plus, Alison Weir on The Write Place and Ken Follett's bedside reads.

Nov 25, 2010

India Knight talks about Comfort & Joy, Nicholas Evans on The Brave, and Amanda Foreman on A World on Fire

Dec 2, 2010

Conn Iggulden, Michael Holroyd, and Dawn French on their latest books and what every 21 year old should be reading. Plus a look inside Philip Kerr's study, Peter Carey's favourite bookshop, and Tara Palmer Tomkinson's bedside reads.

Dec 9, 2010

Sir Michael Parkinson talks about lasting fame as Emu's interviewer and being grumpy, Edmund de Waal shows off his family heirlooms, and PD James on turning real life detective. Plus the first of our Xmas book recommendations.

Dec 16, 2010

Nigella Lawson, Kevin McCloud, and Kate Morton

Jan 20, 2011

Biographer Sarah Bakewell, spin doctor and diarist Alistair Campbell, and cult film director John Waters

Jan 27, 2011

Lindsey Davis, Daisy Goodwin, and Raymond Khoury

Feb 3, 2011

Guest authors Matthew Parris, Leila Aboulela, and writer/director Rowan Joffé. Also Armistead Maupin on his Bedside Reads, Jonathan Safran Foer reads us his Fine Line, Colin Dexter gives his Book Club Recommendation, and Sister Wendy reveals her writing habits.

Feb 10, 2011

Linda Grant, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Jane Shilling. Plus Belle de Jour's bedside reads, Mark Mills' Book Club, and Steve Bell's study.

Feb 17, 2011

Wendy Holden, Anthony Quinn, and Edna O'Brien as well as a trip to Paris to see Victor Hugo's study, as well as Rebecca Hunt's bedside reads and Philip Kerr's Book Club selection.

Feb 24, 2011

Allison Pearson, Helen Dunmore, and Francesca Beauman. Plus: Hugh Bonneville on his book club choice, Kate Mosse on The Write Place, and Alexander McCall Smith reveals his bedside reads.

Mar 3, 2011

Bath Literature Festival (1/2): Howard Jacobson, Colin Thubron, and Kim Edwards

Mar 10, 2011

Bath Literature Festival (2/2): Kazuo Ishiguro, David Starkey, and Aminatta Forna

Mar 17, 2011

Words by the Water: Jackie Kay, Valerie Grove, and Joanna Trollope

Mar 24, 2011

Ways With Words Festival: Salley Vickers, Manju Kapur, and Chris Mullin

Mar 31, 2011

Noughts and Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Costa-nominated author Louise Doughty, and controversial historian Niall Ferguson.

Apr 7, 2011

Melvyn Bragg, Emma Donoghue, and Wendy Cope

Apr 14, 2011

Biographer Hugo Vickers tells all about Wallis Simpson, bestselling rom-com author Jenny Colgan serves up a feast, and Jennifer Egan tells us about her novel A Visit From The Goon Squad which she says is Proust meets The Sopranos.

Apr 21, 2011

Philip Hensher, Peter Ackroyd, and Sara Paretsky

Apr 28, 2011

Stefanie Powers, Monica Ali,and Paula McLain

May 5, 2011

Simon Winchester, Esther Freud, and Eoin Colfer

May 12, 2011

Bestseller Wilbur Smith, Sky News' presenter turned novelist Kay Burley, and John Julius Norwich gives us an audience when he discusses his new book The Popes.

May 19, 2011

Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful memoir Problem Child. Irish novelist Paul Murray talks about his tragi-comic novel set in a Dublin boarding school, Skippy Dies.

May 26, 2011

Stella Tillyard, Douglas Kennedy, and Edward St Aubyn

May 28, 2011

The Book Show at Hay (1/4): Paul Theroux, Jeffery Deaver, and Cerys Matthews - who also entertains us with a song from her new album.

May 29, 2011

The Book Show at Hay (2/4): Professor Brian Cox, Henning Mankell, and Mark Logue

May 30, 2011

The Book Show at Hay (3/4): David Baddiel, Elif Shafak, and David Bailey

May 31, 2011

The Book Show at Hay (4/4): Victor Gregg, Adam Nicolson, and Marcus Sedgwick

Jun 2, 2011

Terry Jones on his Animal Tales and new film, author Rosamund Lupton with her latest, and Deborah Moggach pays tribute to Beryl Bainbridge's career

Jun 9, 2011

Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and John Boyne

Jun 16, 2011

Colm Toibin, Liz Lochhead, and author/director Rebecca Miller (last episode of this series)

Oct 20, 2011

Find out what Pamela Stephenson Connolly thinks is the sexiest thing someone can do, what Joan Bakewell's guilty pleasure is, and hear Shakespeare like you've never heard it before!

Jun 20, 2013

The show's final episode