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A Good Read: Bonnie Greer, Simon Brett

Series 507, episode 1

Harriett Gilbert returns to invite more guests to discuss their favourite paperbacks. Writer Bonnie Greer selects Spanish Civil War novel Blind Sunflowers by Alberto Mendez, while scriptwriter Simon Brett chooses The Art of Coarse Acting, a comical take on amateur dramatics by journalist Michael Green. Harriett picks out E Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Shipping News, which was later adapted into a film starring Kevin Spacey and Judi Dench

Cast (unconfirmed)

Harriett Gilbert
Bonnie Greer
Simon Brett