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A Good Read: Ann Widdecombe & Vince Cable

Series 1, episode 1

Former politicians Ann Widdecombe and Vince Cable talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. Ann has chosen Destiny in the Desert, Jonathan Dimbleby's account of the second world war battle his father reported on at El Alamein. Vince has gone for a Robert Harris thriller about the Dreyfus affair, An Officer and a Spy. Harriet's choice is A Moveable Feast, Hemingway's memoir about his days as a struggling writer in Paris, which was published after his death

Cast (unconfirmed)

Harriett Gilbert
Ann Widdecombe
Vince Cable