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Greg James & Bella Mackie

4 Extra Debut. Greg James, Bella Mackie and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by PG Wodehouse, Maggie O’Farrell and John le Carré. From 2021.

Husband-and-wife team: Greg James, host of BBC Radio 1's Breakfast show and Bella Mackie, author and Vogue columnist join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by PG Wodehouse, Maggie O’Farrell and John le Carré.

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Publisher: Tinder Press

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Publisher: Penguin

Right Ho, Jeeves! by PG Wodehouse
Publisher: Arrow Books

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021.

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  • Tue 16 Mar 2021 16:30
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