Mariella's Book Show Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Mariella's Book Show: Season 8

• Season 8 Episode 8: Mariella's Book Show

  Irish author Edna O'Brien joins Mariella Frostrup at the Hay Festival to chat about her autobiography Country Girl, and her compatriot Colum McCann discusses his new novel TransAtlantic. Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein talks about working on his memoirs, his time at the Washington Star in the early 1960s, the TV series about the US Congress he is in the process of writing and his biography of Hilary Clinton

Mariella's Book Show: Season 6

• Season 6 Episode 27: The Book Show: Catch-22

  Mariella Frostrup talks to leading authors about their life and work, as well as which books they are currently reading

• Season 6 Episode 26: Best of the Book Show

  More highlights from the sixth series of the literary magazine show, featuring Mariella Frostrup talking to authors about their works

• Season 6 Episode 25: Best of The Book Show

  Mariella Frostrup presents memorable moments from the series, including appearances by Jeanette Winterson and the Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company

• Season 6 Episode 24: EPISODE: 24

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by singer and activist Harry Belafonte, who discusses his book My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race and Defiance

• Season 6 Episode 23: EPISODE: 23

  Mariella Frostrup is joined at the Hay Festival by author Caitlin Moran, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and philosopher AC Grayling

• Season 6 Episode 22: EPISODE: 22

  Mariella Frostrup is joined at the Hay Festival by historical novelist Philippa Gregory, writer and actress Kitty Aldridge and psychologist Daniel Kahneman

• Season 6 Episode 21: EPISODE: 21

  Mariella Frostrup is joined at the Hay Festival by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, comedian and musician Tim Minchin and Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel

• Season 6 Episode 20: EPISODE: 20

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrew Marr and Kate Williams about their new books about Elizabeth II, and Andrew Roberts discusses his history of the House of Windsor

• Season 6 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19

  Mariella Frostrup presents from the Brighton Festival, featuring interviews with author Joanne Harris, Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller

• Season 6 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18

  Vanessa Redgrave, Mariam Said and Jonathan Freedland join Mariella Frostrup at the Brighton Festival to discuss their careers and current work

• Season 6 Episode 17: EPISODE: 17

  Mariella Frostrup interviews comedian Russell Kane about his debut novel The Humorist. Former poet laureate Andrew Motion discusses Silver: Return to Treasure Island, and Marina Lewycka talks about her new book Various Pets Alive and Dead

• Season 6 Episode 16: EPISODE: 16

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Blur bassist Alex James, historian Ben Macintyre and debut novelist Louise Fennell about their most recent books

• Season 6 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15

  SJ Watson chats to Marilella Frostrup about his bestseller Before I Go to Sleep. Sue Townsend talks about her latest book The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year and journalist John Lanchester discusses his novel Capital

• Season 6 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  Mariella Frostrup interviews Pauline Black, lead singer with 1980s ska band the Selecter, about her autobiography Black by Design. Philosopher Alain de Botton talks about his book Religion for Atheists, and writer and broadcaster Tony Parsons discusses his novella Beyond the Bounty

• Season 6 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist William Boyd, conservationist Daphne Sheldrick and comedy writer John O'Farrell about their latest works

• Season 6 Episode 12: Michael Morpurgo

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel War Horse, and also meets those involved in its screen and stage adaptations, including Steven Spielberg, Nicholas Hytner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Curtis, Emily Watson, Jeremy Irvine and Tom Hiddleston

• Season 6 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  Mariella Frostrup talks to authors including David Nicholls, Simon Callow and Claire Tomalin about the impact Charles Dickens' work had on their lives and careers. The programme also features contributions by Martina Cole, Clive Anderson and Tristram Hunt, who each look at an individual aspect of Dickens's work

• Season 6 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Jeanette Winterson, Yann Martel and Josephine Cox about which books they are currently reading and a selection of new releases

• Season 6 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Crime writer PD James discusses her Pride and Prejudice murder mystery sequel Death Comes to Pemberley and Anthony Horowitz chats about his new Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk. Mariella Frostrup presents

• Season 6 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who discusses his book The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, which delves into the mysteries of the universe. Author Marina Warner chats about her new book Stranger Magic, which explores the stories of the Arabian Nights and the relationship between myth and imagination, and the host also meets actress Stephanie Beacham

• Season 6 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Mariella Frostrup talks to poet and musician Benjamin Zephaniah and author Alison Weir, and former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone discusses his new memoir You Can't Say That

• Season 6 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Mariella Frostrup talks to TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, Enigma and The Ghost author Robert Harris and best-selling crime writer Martina Cole

• Season 6 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Mariella Frostrup talks to choreographer and former ballerina Gillian Lynne about her life and work, as well as which books she is currently reading

• Season 6 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels, joins Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, along with former EastEnders star Larry Lamb and actress Harriet Walter

• Season 6 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Mariella Frostrup talks to former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, satirist Craig Brown and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce at the Cheltenham Literature Festival

• Season 6 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Mariella Frostrup talks to psychologist Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, broadcaster Joan Bakewell and rapper Kingslee 'Akala' Daley at the Cheltenham Literature Festival

• Season 6 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Mariella Frostrup presents the literary review programme from the Cheltenham Literature Festival, joined by a variety of authors to discuss their work and reading habits

Mariella's Book Show: Season 5

• Season 5 Episode 37: EPISODE: 37

  Mariella Frostrup presents a second edition of the show from the Dublin Writers' Festival, where she talks to author Rebecca Miller, poet Liz Lochhead and novelist Colm Toibin

• Season 5 Episode 36: EPISODE: 36

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Rebecca Miller, author of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Scottish national poet Liz Lochhead and novelist Colm Toibin at the Dublin Writers' Festival

• Season 5 Episode 35: EPISODE: 35

  Mariella Frostrup presents an edition of the literary review show from the Dublin Writers' Festival, where she talks to authors John Boyne, Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright about their latest novels

• Season 5 Episode 34: EPISODE: 34

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Monty Python's Terry Jones, who discusses his new collection of stories. She also chats to authors Deborah Moggach and Rosamund Lupton

• Season 5 Episode 33: EPISODE: 33

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Victor Gregg to discuss his memoir Rifleman: A Front Line Life. Authors Adam Nicolson and Marcus Sedgwick also chat about their latest books

• Season 5 Episode 32: EPISODE: 32

  David Baddiel chats about his forthcoming novel The Death of Eli Gold, David Bailey presents new photos of the British forces, and Elif Shafak discusses her latest book The Forty Rules of Love. From the Hay Festival

• Season 5 Episode 31: EPISODE: 31

  Henning Mankell discusses his new Kurt Wallander mystery The Troubled Man and Professor Brian Cox chats about his new book about space. From the Hay Festival

• Season 5 Episode 30: EPISODE: 30

  Jeffery Deaver joins Mariella Frostrup at the 2011 Hay Festival to discuss his new James Bond thriller Carte Blanche and Paul Theroux reveals his tribute to travel writing

• Season 5 Episode 29: EPISODE: 29

  Mariella Frostrup interviews Douglas Kennedy, author of The Woman in the Fifth, about his latest work The Moment. Historian Stella Tillyard discusses her debut novel Tides of War, and Edward St Aubyn talks about his new book At Last, as well as how his turbulent personal life has influenced his fiction

• Season 5 Episode 28: EPISODE: 28

  Mariella Frostrup interviews author Jodi Picoult about her latest book Sing You Home. Literary agent Caradoc King discusses his memoirs, and Paul Murray talks about his novel Skippy Dies

• Season 5 Episode 27: EPISODE: 27

  Mariella Frostrup talks to John Julius Norwich about his new history of the Popes. She also interviews thriller writer Wilbur Smith and newsreader-turned-novelist Kay Burley

• Season 5 Episode 26: EPISODE: 26

  Mariella Frostrup meets children's author Eoin Colfer, who discusses the conclusion of his series of novels about criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl. She also interviews Esther Freud, the writer of Hideous Kinky, about her latest book Lucky Break, and talks to historian Simon Winchester about Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories, his history of the Atlantic Ocean

• Season 5 Episode 25: EPISODE: 25

  Mariella Frostrup interviews Brick Lane author Monica Ali about her new book Untold Story. Hart to Hart star Stefanie Powers discusses One from the Hart, her new collection of memoirs, and Paula McLain talks about her novel The Paris Wife, a fictionalised account of Hadley Richardson's marriage to Ernest Hemingway

• Season 5 Episode 23: EPISODE: 23

  Mariella Frostrup interviews chick-lit author Jenny Colgan about her book Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe. Hugh Vickers discusses Behind Closed Doors, his biography of former Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson, and Jennifer Egan talks about her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad

• Season 5 Episode 22: EPISODE: 22

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker Prize-nominated novelist Emma Donoghue, poet Wendy Cope and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg about their latest publications

• Season 5 Episode 21: EPISODE: 21

  Mariella Frostrup talks to historian Niall Ferguson about his latest work, Civilization: The West and the Rest, in which he examines the reasons why Western powers came to dominate the globe. She also meets Malorie Blackman, who discusses her latest novel Boys Don't Cry, and Louise Doughty talks about her new book Whatever You Love. The show also features recommendations from the staff at Shakespeare and Co, one of the most famous bookshops in Paris

• Season 5 Episode 20: EPISODE: 20

  Mariella Frostrup interviews journalist and broadcaster John Simpson at the Words by the Water festival in Keswick, Cumbria, where he discusses Unreliable Sources, his history of how journalists covered the major events of the 20th century. She also meets former MP Chris Mullin to talk about Decline and Fall, his second set of diaries offering an insider's view of the New Labour administration, and novelist Salley Vickers, who discusses her short story collection Aphrodite's Hat

• Season 5 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19

  Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Jackie Kay, author of works including Trumpet, Red Dust Road and Wish I Was Here. The host is also joined by journalist and biographer Valerie Grove and novelist Joanna Trollope

• Season 5 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Kazuo Ishiguro, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, about the film adaptation of his latest novel Never Let Me Go. She also interviews Aminatta Forna about her new book Memory of Love, and David Starkey discusses Crown and Country, his history of the monarchs of England

• Season 5 Episode 17: EPISODE: 17

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Howard Jacobson about the success of his Booker Prize-winning novel The Finkler Question. Andrea Levy reveals what she likes to read in her spare time, and there are also interviews with Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Lake of Dreams, and travel writer Colin Thubron, whose book To a Mountain in Tibet chronicles his journey to Mount Kailash, a sacred location for Buddhists and Hindus

• Season 5 Episode 16: EPISODE: 16

  Helen Dunmore, whose novel A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize, discusses her latest book The Betrayal. Mariella Frostrup is also joined in the studio by journalist Allison Pearson, who discusses her new novel I Think I Love You, and historian Francesca Beauman, author of A Shapely Ankle Preferred: A History of the Lonely Hearts Ad

• Season 5 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Irish author Edna O'Brien, who discusses her new collection of short stories Saints and Sinners. Wendy Holden talks about the paperback release of her novel Gallery Girl and Anthony Quinn chats about his latest book Half of the Human Race

• Season 5 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore, who discusses his new book Jerusalem: The Biography. Jane Shilling talks about her memoir The Stranger in the Mirror and Linda Grant chats about her latest novel We Had It So Good

• Season 5 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by journalist and former MP Matthew Parris to discuss Parting Shots, a book of Foreign Office despatches he co-wrote with Andrew Bryson. Leila Aboulela talks about her novel Lyrics Alley, set in the Sudan of the 1950s, and screenwriter and director Rowan Joffe chats about his adaptation of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock for a new film

• Season 5 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Raymond Khoury, author of best-selling thriller The Last Templar, and Lindsey Davis, creator of the Falco series of crime novels set in ancient Rome. She also chats with TV producer Daisy Goodwin, whose first novel My Last Duchess was published last year

• Season 5 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  Mariella Frostrup talks to film-maker John Waters about his collection of humorous essays Role Models, and Sarah Bakewell discusses her biography of Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne. The host also meets former Downing Street head of communications Alistair Campbell

• Season 5 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Mariella Frostrup interviews Nigella Lawson about Kitchen, her book celebrating the room she considers to be the most important in any house. Author Kate Morton discusses her latest work The Distant Hours, which tells the story of a young woman's discovery of her mother's life as a Second World War evacuee, and Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud talks about 43 Principles for the Home, a book in which he uses his interior design expertise to resolve common domestic issues

• Season 5 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Mariella Frostrup talks to former chat-show host Michael Parkinson about Parky's People, a book compiling a selection of his interviews with public figures including Tony Blair, George Best, Muhammad Ali and Meg Ryan. The presenter also meets crime writer PD James, who discusses her recently re-issued non-fiction work The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811, and ceramic artist Edmund de Waal

• Season 5 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Dawn French discusses her debut novel A Tiny Bit Marvellous, and Michael Holroyd talks about A Book of Secrets, his exploration of the lives of some of history's most extraordinary women. There is also an interview with Conn Iggulden, author of works including Lords of the Bow, Wolf of the Plains and The Dangerous Book for Boys. Presented by Mariella Frostrup

• Season 5 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer and The Smoke Jumper, who discusses his latest novel The Brave. Mariella also speaks to journalist and novelist India Knight about her new book Comfort and Joy

• Season 5 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe discusses his book about his time working with Pink Floyd, and historian Bettany Hughes and journalist Tim Butcher reveal their latest projects. Presented by Mariella Frostrup

• Season 5 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by historical novelist Bernard Cornwell, who reveals the processes behind his latest work The Fort, and science fiction writer Iain M Banks discusses his novel Surface Detail. Award-winning children's author Michelle Paver chats about her new book Dark Matter. All three also put forward their suggestions for the books that everyone should read before they are 21

• Season 5 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Mariella Frostrup interviews Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl. The host is also joined by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid and acclaimed playwright Michael Frayn

• Season 5 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by author Lynne Reid Banks, comedian Barry Humphries and thriller writer Lee Child, who discusses his new Jack Reacher novel Worth Dying For

• Season 5 Episode 2: The Book Show at Cheltenham - Part 2

  Salman Rushdie talks about his latest project, Jilly Cooper discusses her new novel Jump!, and Judith Kerr marks the 40th anniversary of her first Mog book

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Book Show at Cheltenham - Part One

  Mariella Frostrup chats to authors Sebastian Faulks, James Ellroy and Susan Hill at the Cheltenham Literary Festival

Mariella's Book Show: Season 4

• Season 4 Episode 24: EPISODE: 24

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Star of the Sea author Joseph O'Connor, novelist Jonathan Coe and scientist Robert Winston, and crime writer Martina Cole provides trade secrets

• Season 4 Episode 23: EPISODE: 23

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Blake Morrison, Maggie O'Farrell and Ben Macintyre, and Everything Is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer talks about his bedside read

• Season 4 Episode 22: EPISODE: 22

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by American crime author and script writer George Pelecanos, plus Chocolat author Joanne Harris and poet Simon Armitage

• Season 4 Episode 21: EPISODE: 21

  Mariella Frostrup is joined by Starter for Ten author David Nicholls and Alastair Campbell to talk about their new releases, and Simon Kernick reveals how a terrifying experience has inspired his fiction

• Season 4 Episode 20: EPISODE: 20

  Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Martin Amis, Henry Smart trilogy author Roddy Doyle, and feminist writer Natasha Walter about their latest work

• Season 4 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19

  Mariella Frostrup talks to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas author John Boyne, American novelist Joshua Ferris, and politician Shirley Williams about their latest releases

• Season 4 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18

  Mariella Frostrup talks to author Lionel Shriver, TV presenter Monty Don and interior designer Nicky Haslam, who discusses his autobiography

• Season 4 Episode 17: EPISODE: 17

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Whitbread winner Philip Pullman, The Road Home author Rose Tremain, and critic Neel Mukherjee

• Season 4 Episode 16: EPISODE: 16

  Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrea Levy and Marina Lewycka in the studio, and is also joined by Terry Pratchett, who discusses the TV adaptation of his book Going Postal

• Season 4 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15

  Antonia Fraser talks about her new book documenting her marriage to Harold Pinter. Mariella Frostrup is also joined by authors Ian McEwan and Joanna Trollope

• Season 4 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  Highlights of the series, with Mariella Frostrup being joined by Hilary Mantel, Marian Keyes and Conn Iggulden

• Season 4 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Mariella Frostrup talks to leading authors about their life and work, as well as which books they are currently reading

Mariella's Book Show: Special

• Terry Pratchett Special

  Terry Pratchett talks to presenter Mariella Frostrup about his favourite books, and reviews new releases

Mariella's Book Show: Other Episodes

• Julian Fellowes

  Mariella Frostrup talks to actor, novelist and screenwriter Julian Fellowes about his book Past Imperfect, and asks him to reveal his favourite reads

• Howard Jacobson

  Janice Forsyth talks to author and broadcaster Howard Jacobson, whose latest novel The Making of Henry is a tender, comic story of love, hope and disappointment. DJ Taylor gives publishing and the media a dressing down for worshipping at the fountain of youth, while BBC correspondent Allan Little visits Wigtown - Scotland's answer to Hay-on-Wye - and the recommended reads come from Barter Books in Alnwick

• Philippa Gregory

  Author Philippa Gregory joins Mariella Frostrup to talk about her new book, The Other Queen

• Philippa Gregory

  Mariella Frostrup talks to leading authors about their life and work, as well as which books they are currently reading

• Book Show: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  Frank Cottrell Boyce discusses Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, his sequel to Ian Fleming's 1961 children's favourite

• The Book Show: Lee Child

  Best-selling thriller writer Lee Child discusses his latest Jack Reacher novel, as well as the movie adaptation of One Shot, which sees Tom Cruise cast as his protagonist