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A Good Read: Pippa Haywood & Felicity Montagu

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Actresses Pippa Haywood and Felicity Montagu talk books with Harriett Gilbert.

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0:00.0

In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

0:08.0

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

0:12.0

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

0:18.0

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

0:21.3

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

0:25.1

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

0:28.5

Steakknife.

0:29.7

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:33.6

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:39.4

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

0:42.7

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

0:47.1

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

0:52.5

Hello, a terrifying school siege and married love on the southwest coast path.

0:59.2

Not easy to say that.

1:00.7

Anyway, with me this week, via the internet, to tantalise you with their choice of book,

1:05.6

are two actors.

1:07.2

Pippa Haywood has appeared in a wealth of radio and TV dramas, including among the latter Green Wing, The Bodyguard and Map and Lucia.

1:15.4

She's recently been filming the Regency drama Bridgeton for Netflix and the movie Supernova with Colin Firth, both due out this year.

1:24.0

With Pippa is Felicity Montague, perhaps best known as Alan Partridge's personal assistant Lynn.

1:30.4

Felicity's big screen credits also include Bridget Jones's diary and the 2016 Dad's Army

1:36.3

and coming out shortly, Miss Marks with Romola Gry. On TV among much else, like Pippa, she was in Map and Lucia. So, your old friends,

1:47.7

but do you share a taste in books? Let's find out. Pippa Haywood, you first. What's your choice

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