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🗓️ 1 December 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert.
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0:00.0 | Thanks for downloading a good read. |
0:02.0 | You can find more information on all the BBC downloads at BBC.co.uk slash radio four. |
0:10.6 | Hello, today a boy on the run with his aunt in Poland, grief and lust in Tel Aviv, |
0:16.6 | and in Central America, dinosaurs. |
0:19.4 | With me to share their good read are Dr. Christian Jessen, |
0:23.0 | presenter of, among other TV programs, |
0:25.1 | Embarrassing Bodies and Super Size versus Super Skinny. |
0:29.5 | His books include most recently Dr. Christian's Guide to Dealing with the Tricky Stuff, |
0:33.7 | and he's got a new book on health and well-being for children out next year |
0:37.1 | called Dr. Christian's Guide to You. |
0:40.6 | With him, James Wong, botanist and science writer, author of Grow Your Own Drugs, |
0:45.9 | which is also a TV series and Homegrown Revolution. |
0:49.9 | James is a regular panelist on Radio 4's Gardner's Question Time. |
0:54.2 | And to you first, James, what are you going to propose as a good read to us? |
0:58.8 | I'm slightly embarrassed about proposing my read, because it's not exactly Highrow, |
1:02.7 | but it is my enduringly favourite book. |
1:05.6 | It's the first book I ever read, I suppose, as an adult, |
1:10.0 | or at least the first adult book I ever read as a child. |
1:12.7 | It came out when I was about 11 years old, Jurassic Park. |
1:16.9 | And I didn't see the film and was drawn to it. |
1:19.7 | I remember wandering around the school library, and I was obsessed with science from a very young age, |
1:24.4 | and particularly with dinosaurs. |
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