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Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Asne Seierstad, Jane Austen and Eric Carle. From 2005.

Presenters and comedy duo Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books by Asne Seierstad, Jane Austen and Eric Carle.

The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Publisher: Virago

Persuasion by Jane Austen
Publisher: Oxford World's Classics

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Publisher: Puffin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.

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  • Tue 8 Feb 2005 16:30
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