Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
The Beauty of Books Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
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About
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
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Season 12011
7.054
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Ancient Bibles | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Medieval Masterpieces | 7.0 | 5 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Illustrated Wonderlands | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Paperback Writer | — | — | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Richard Dormer Self - Narrator
Stephen Bayley Self - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski Self - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Michelle Brown Self - University of London
Christopher de Hamel Self - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Edward Wakeling Self - Editor of Lewis Carroll's Diaries
Michael Foreman Self - Illustrator
D.J. Taylor Self - Orwell Biographer
Alixe Bovey Self - University of Kent
Carolyne Larrington Self - St John's College Oxford
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