The Book Show (2006) Web Series — Cast, Story & Where to Watch | MovieLinkBD

The Book Show (2006) is a talk web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Book Show online in HD.

The Book Show — Storyline

Three people — generally authors but also agents and publishers — talk about their work as well as the hot topics of the day.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Mariella Frostrup

The Book Show — Series Details

The Book Show — Episode Guide

Series 1

• E1: Episode 1 (2006-11-02) — Stephen King, Salman Rushdie (Shalimar the Clown), and Barbara Taylor Bradford

Series 2

• E5: Episode 5 (2007-11-15)

Series 4

• E23: Episode 23 (2009-10-15) — For the new series' first episode, Mariella Frostrup (right) is at the 60th Cheltenham Literature Festival.
• E24: Episode 24 (2009-10-22) — Iranian-born comedienne Shappi Khorsandi, veteran journalist Harold Evans, and Melvyn Bragg
• E25: Episode 25 (2009-11-05) — Ian Rankin and Tracy Chevalier
• E26: Episode 26 (2009-11-26) — Dr Brooke Magnanti, 34, works at St Michael's Hospital and wrote best-selling books about her time as a prostitute as she struggled to make ends meet. Also, Booker Prize-winner Hil
• E27: Episode 27 (2009-12-03) — John O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden, and Alison Weir
• E28: Episode 28 (2009-12-10) — Michael Palin, Andrew Marr, and John Banville
• E29: Episode 29 (2010-02-25) — At the start of a new run Mariella Frostrup recaps some of the highlights from the series that has got people talking about books again. These include conversations with Dr Brooke
• E30: Episode 30 (2010-03-04) — Robert Harris, William Boyd, and Lynn Barber
• E31: Episode 31 (2010-03-11) — Looking back over the best bits from the first half of series four. Patricia Cornwell, Sue Townsend, Ian Rankin, and the almost ubiquitous David Mitchell all pop in for literary ch
• E32: Episode 32 (2010-03-18)
• E33: Episode 33 (2010-03-25) — Antonia Fraser, Ian McEwan, and Joanna Trollope
• E34: Episode 34 (2010-04-01) — Fantasy sage Terry Pratchett. Orange Prize-winner Andrea Levy discussing her new novel, The Long Song. Marina Lewycka talks about the inspiration for her book We Are All Made of Gl
• E35: Episode 35 (2010-04-08) — Philip Pullman, who is creating a stir with his new book about Jesus. Pullman retells the gospels with Jesus and Christ as brothers and two distinct characters. Rose Tremain talks
• E36: Episode 36 (2010-04-15) — Upper-crust socialite and interior designer Nicky Haslam recounts anecdotes from his biography, and thriller writer Philip Kerr recommends reading Michel De Montaigne's essays when
• E37: Episode 37 (2010-04-22) — John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; American novelist Joshua Ferris; and politician Shirley Williams
• E38: Episode 38 (2010-04-29) — Roddy Doyle on his fictional trilogy exploring what it means to be Irish; feminist Natasha Walter on the hypersexual society; John Lanchester on his bedtime reading (Tolstoy); and
• E39: Episode 39 (2010-05-06) — David Nicholls, Alistair Campbell, and Simon Kernick
• E40: Episode 40 (2010-05-13) — Authors George Pelecanos and Joanne Harris, and poet Simon Armitage
• E41: Episode 41 (2010-05-20) — Blake Morrison, Maggie O'Farrell, and Ben Macintyre
• E42: Episode 42 (2010-05-27) — Episode 24 "final episode of the series" – Professor Robert Winston on liabilities, Joseph O'Connor on love stories, and Jonathan Coe on loneliness. Plus, Martina Cole talks trade
• E43: Episode 43 (2010-05-29) — The Book Show at Hay: Turner winning ceramicist Grayson Perry, journalist Tony Parsons, and well travelled honorary Englishman Bill Bryson. Plus contributions from Jerry Hall and B
• E44: Episode 44 (2010-05-30) — The Book Show at Hay: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Nadine Gordimer, and Christopher Hitchens. Music from Alex Valentine.
• E45: Episode 45 (2010-05-31) — Antony Beevor replacing Gary Kemp on the show tonight. Other guests are Audrey Niffenegger, Jo Brand & Dennis Rollins.
• E46: Episode 46 (2010-06-01) — Simon Schama, Joss Ackland, and Rob Brydon are the guests on Mariella's sofa today. Music from Thea Gilmore.
• E47: Episode 47 (2010-06-02) — The Book Show at Hay: William Dalrymple, Jacqueline Wilson, and Sir Ian Blair. Music is from the ever excellent Orquesta Buena Vista.
• E48: Episode 48 (2010-06-03) — The Book Show at Hay: Louis de Bernières, who has taken a shot at writing about rural England in the 1960s in his new book, Notwithstanding; Allegra Huston, author of the memoir Lo
• E49: Episode 49 (2010-06-04) — The Book Show at Hay: Brian May, Virginia McKenna, and Alexander McCall Smith talk animals, including a dog bugged by MI5. Music from the truly brilliant Toumani Diabate, and mathe

Series 5

• E1: Episode 1 (2010-10-14) — NEW SERIES 5 – Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, and James Ellroy
• E2: Episode 2 (2010-10-21) — Jilly Cooper, Judith Kerr, and Salman Rushdie
• E3: Episode 3 (2010-10-28) — Lynne Reid Banks, Justine Picardie, Barry Humphries, and Lee Child
• E4: Episode 4 (2010-11-04) — Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl; Val McDermid; and Michael Frayn
• E5: Episode 5 (2010-11-11) — Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel Surface Detail, Michelle Paver on why she finds the arctic such a scary place in her new novel Dark Matter, and Bernard Cornwell on how nece
• E6: Episode 6 (2010-11-18) — Helen of Troy in jeans Bettany Hughes, travel writer Tim Butcher, and satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Plus, Alison Weir on The Write Place and Ken Follett's bedside reads.
• E7: Episode 7 (2010-11-25) — India Knight talks about Comfort & Joy, Nicholas Evans on The Brave, and Amanda Foreman on A World on Fire
• E8: Episode 8 (2010-12-02) — Conn Iggulden, Michael Holroyd, and Dawn French on their latest books and what every 21 year old should be reading. Plus a look inside Philip Kerr's study, Peter Carey's favourite
• E9: Episode 9 (2010-12-09) — Sir Michael Parkinson talks about lasting fame as Emu's interviewer and being grumpy, Edmund de Waal shows off his family heirlooms, and PD James on turning real life detective. Pl
• E10: Episode 10 (2010-12-16) — Nigella Lawson, Kevin McCloud, and Kate Morton
• E11: Episode 11 (2011-01-20) — Biographer Sarah Bakewell, spin doctor and diarist Alistair Campbell, and cult film director John Waters
• E12: Episode 12 (2011-01-27) — Lindsey Davis, Daisy Goodwin, and Raymond Khoury
• E13: Episode 13 (2011-02-03) — Guest authors Matthew Parris, Leila Aboulela, and writer/director Rowan Joffé. Also Armistead Maupin on his Bedside Reads, Jonathan Safran Foer reads us his Fine Line, Colin Dexter
• E14: Episode 14 (2011-02-10) — Linda Grant, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Jane Shilling. Plus Belle de Jour's bedside reads, Mark Mills' Book Club, and Steve Bell's study.
• E15: Episode 15 (2011-02-17) — Wendy Holden, Anthony Quinn, and Edna O'Brien as well as a trip to Paris to see Victor Hugo's study, as well as Rebecca Hunt's bedside reads and Philip Kerr's Book Club selection.
• E16: Episode 16 (2011-02-24) — Allison Pearson, Helen Dunmore, and Francesca Beauman. Plus: Hugh Bonneville on his book club choice, Kate Mosse on The Write Place, and Alexander McCall Smith reveals his bedside
• E17: Episode 17 (2011-03-03) — Bath Literature Festival (1/2): Howard Jacobson, Colin Thubron, and Kim Edwards
• E18: Episode 18 (2011-03-10) — Bath Literature Festival (2/2): Kazuo Ishiguro, David Starkey, and Aminatta Forna
• E19: Episode 19 (2011-03-17) — Words by the Water: Jackie Kay, Valerie Grove, and Joanna Trollope
• E20: Episode 20 (2011-03-24) — Ways With Words Festival: Salley Vickers, Manju Kapur, and Chris Mullin
• E21: Episode 21 (2011-03-31) — Noughts and Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Costa-nominated author Louise Doughty, and controversial historian Niall Ferguson.
• E22: Episode 22 (2011-04-07) — Melvyn Bragg, Emma Donoghue, and Wendy Cope
• E23: Episode 23 (2011-04-14) — Biographer Hugo Vickers tells all about Wallis Simpson, bestselling rom-com author Jenny Colgan serves up a feast, and Jennifer Egan tells us about her novel A Visit From The Goon
• E24: Episode 24 (2011-04-21) — Philip Hensher, Peter Ackroyd, and Sara Paretsky
• E25: Episode 25 (2011-04-28) — Stefanie Powers, Monica Ali,and Paula McLain
• E26: Episode 26 (2011-05-05) — Simon Winchester, Esther Freud, and Eoin Colfer
• E27: Episode 27 (2011-05-12) — Bestseller Wilbur Smith, Sky News' presenter turned novelist Kay Burley, and John Julius Norwich gives us an audience when he discusses his new book The Popes.
• E28: Episode 28 (2011-05-19) — Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful memoir Problem Child. Irish novelist Paul Murray talks about hi
• E29: Episode 29 (2011-05-26) — Stella Tillyard, Douglas Kennedy, and Edward St Aubyn
• E30: Episode 30 (2011-05-28) — The Book Show at Hay (1/4): Paul Theroux, Jeffery Deaver, and Cerys Matthews – who also entertains us with a song from her new album.
• E31: Episode 31 (2011-05-29) — The Book Show at Hay (2/4): Professor Brian Cox, Henning Mankell, and Mark Logue
• E32: Episode 32 (2011-05-30) — The Book Show at Hay (3/4): David Baddiel, Elif Shafak, and David Bailey
• E33: Episode 33 (2011-05-31) — The Book Show at Hay (4/4): Victor Gregg, Adam Nicolson, and Marcus Sedgwick
• E34: Episode 34 (2011-06-02) — Terry Jones on his Animal Tales and new film, author Rosamund Lupton with her latest, and Deborah Moggach pays tribute to Beryl Bainbridge's career
• E35: Episode 35 (2011-06-09) — Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and John Boyne
• E36: Episode 36 (2011-06-16) — Colm Toibin, Liz Lochhead, and author/director Rebecca Miller (last episode of this series)

Series 6

• E1: Episode 1 (2011-10-20) — Find out what Pamela Stephenson Connolly thinks is the sexiest thing someone can do, what Joan Bakewell's guilty pleasure is, and hear Shakespeare like you've never heard it before

Series 7

• E99: Episode 99 (2013-06-20) — The show's final episode

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Book Show have? 7 season(s) with 67 episodes.

Where can I watch The Book Show? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.