''Open Book '' is a
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
book review programme. It has been presented by
Humphrey Carpenter
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inkl ...
,
Philippa Gregory,
Nick Revell
Nick Revell is a British comedian and writer for radio and television. Born John Revell, he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Revell started performing stand-up in 1980 at Comedy Store, where he later became a regular MC, between 1982 and ...
and Charlie Lee-Potter, with
Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November 1962) is a British journalist and presenter, known in British television and radio mainly for arts programmes.
Early life
Frostrup was born in Oslo, Norway, to Peter and Joan Frostrup, but moved with her fam ...
as the regular presenter from 2003 until 2020.
As of 2021, the show is hosted by
Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day (born 10 November 1978) is an English novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She was a feature writer for ''The Observer'' from 2007 to 2016, and wrote for '' You'' magazine. Day has written six books, and is also the host of the po ...
and
Johny Pitts
Johny Pitts is an English television presenter, writer and photographer from Firth Park, Sheffield.
Biography
He is of mixed-race heritage (his father Richie was from Bed–Stuy, New York and was in the 1970s soul band The Fantastics, wh ...
.
The programme is broadcast on Sundays and Thursdays in the United Kingdom, except on the first Sunday of each month and is available online via
BBC Sounds, as is an archive of past issues.
References
External links
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Open Book
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