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2020–

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Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review... Read allSara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.

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Sara Cox

Self - Host

• 2020–2024

Jo Brand

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Alan Davies

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Ben Miller

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Alex Jones

Self - Panellist

• 2022–2024

Richard Osman

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Meera Syal

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Graham Norton

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Sara Pascoe

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Tom Allen

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Adrian Edmondson

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2024

Mel Giedroyc

Self - Panellist

• 2021–2023

Rick Edwards

Self - Panellist

• 2021–2022

Vick Hope

Self - Panellist

• 2021–2022

Rob Delaney

Self - Panellist

• 2021–2023

Nish Kumar

Self - Panellist

• 2021–2023

Andi Osho

Self - Panellist

• 2020–2023

Cariad Lloyd

Self - Panellist

• 2022–2024

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3texxas-1

Too silly, too many colourful characters

I'm really into books so this seemed like the perfect show. It was okay at first, although admittedly I'd probably never read any of the books they advertise but I did enjoy hearing the reviews. However lately I've stopped watching as I find there's far too much joking around, everyone talking at once and just going off the point. I think this needs to remain a serious show that sticks to the point and doesn't trail off into going into the guests feelings and personal lives. Lately its become more like a silly daytime talkshow and some of the guests can be really self centered. They need to bring in better quality guests and for god sakes stick to the point.

10ceri-edwards2

The Best Book review Show I Have Ever Seen

In the UK there is a spectrum of book clubs/reviews on TV spanning form the deeply intellectual to the Judy & Richard "beach reads". This show is somewhere in between: not because it is middle of the road, but because it spans the extremes and all the in betweeners. It has guests from various cultures, ages & backgrounds, who are invited to bring a book they love, read a 'book club' selection (which is pre shared with the audience) and answer some quirky questions which are devices to introduce different aspects of guests reading. All brilliantly and lightly led by its excellent host Sarah Cox who is charismatic & witty whilst avoiding being shallow

9lavenderteebrown

Very Good Book Review Show

I love books & absolutely love this show!!!. Sara Cox is a fitting presenter total absorbed and taken in as the guests discuss and review their BYOB's and the featured books. All guests so far have been enthusiastic and bring to life the books in discussion. Highly recommend the show to any book lover😍

owen-watts

Accidental Partridge

A pleasant enough lightweight book discussion show for lockdown with some nice guests along the run - most are built around what amounts to a "press kit" style promo film for a random book and you've got to wonder how it dodges the strict rules against advertising on the BBC. The only real issue is the presenter Sara Cox whose manically forced banter ends up awkwardly lurching into Alan Partridge waters several times an episode. Not vital television but during lockdown it was worth a gander if just to hear the warm burblings of Front, Norton, Osman, Edmonson, Bailey etc but the second series felt so deeply superfluous it just didn't seem worth pursuing at all.

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On Wednesday, 29th September 2021, BBC Arts announced that it has commissioned a 6-episode third series of the book review programme and that series 3 will commence broadcast in November 2021. The line-up of celebrity panellists for series 3 includes Emilia Fox, David Harewood, Greg James, Sarah Kendall, Prue Leith, Dane Baptiste, Evanna Lynch, Ben Miller, Rob Rinder, Lou Sanders, Sharleen Spiteri, Iain Stirling and Fleur East. The six newly-published books carefully selected for the series (in broadcast order) are: Sorrow And Bliss by Meg Mason (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), The Coward by Jarred McGinnis (Canongate), Still Life by Sarah Winman (Fourth Estate), Ascension by Oliver Harris (Little, Brown), Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Faber & Faber) and Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo (Virago).