The Beauty of Books
Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.
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 test...
The medieval era was the heyday of illuminated manuscripts. In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was a flowering of religious texts set into beautifu...
The Victorians were masters of illustrated books, especially for children. Thanks to an emerging middle class readership, new printing technology and...
The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market.
Cast
Richard Dormer
Narrator
Stephen Bayley
Himself - Author & D...
Rick Gekoski
Himself - Writer & R...
Michelle Brown
Herself - University...
Christopher de Hamel
Himself - Corpus Chr...
Alison Bailey
Herself - Curator Br...
Andrew Biswell
Himself - Burgess Bi...
Alixe Bovey
Herself - University...
Michael Foreman
Himself - Illustrato...
John Gray
Himself - Designer
Carolyne Larrington
Herself - St. John's...
Patricia Lovett
Herself - Scribe & I...
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