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The Book Show

2006 · 7 seasons

A calm, chatty half-hour in good company, like eavesdropping on a smart literary conversation over coffee.

Genres
Talk
Starring
Mariella Frostrup, Tony Benn
Overview
Three people -- generally authors but also agents and publishers -- talk about their work as well as the hot topics of the day.

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Genres
Talk
Starring
Mariella Frostrup, Tony Benn
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • media
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
talk
Starring
Mariella Frostrup, Tony Benn
Length
7 seasons, 67 episodes
Network
Sky Arts
Languages
English

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