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The Beauty of Books

2011 · 1 season

A calm, affectionate stroll through rare volumes, mixing quiet expertise with human stories and lovely close-ups of craft.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Dormer, Stephen Bayley, Rick Gekoski
Overview
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Dormer, Stephen Bayley, Rick Gekoski
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • memory
  • identity
  • work
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
documentary
Starring
Richard Dormer, Stephen Bayley, Rick Gekoski, Michelle Brown, Christopher de Hamel, Alison Bailey, Andrew Biswell, Alixe Bovey
Cinematography
Vaughan Matthews, Mike Robinson
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Four
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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