Maryam Moshiri and Doug Naylor
A Good Read
BBC
4.2 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Newsreader Maryam Moshiri and Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor discuss their chosen books, including Bridget Jones's Diary, with Harriett Gilbert.
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding, chosen by Maryam Moshiri
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell, chosen by Doug Naylor
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally Heaven
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| 0:33.5 | Then you met. |
| 0:34.3 | Then we met. |
| 0:35.2 | The Gift. |
| 0:36.1 | Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello. Hello. Among the books we met. The Gift. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.3 | Hello, among the books we're chatting about today is the diary of a certain Bridget Jones. |
| 0:44.6 | What are we going to make of that 20 years on? Let's see. Here with me to discuss good reads, |
| 0:50.6 | our first, Mariam Mosheri, presenter of the world today with Mariam Maschiri on the BBC's |
| 0:55.7 | news channel. Mariam's covered a range of stories from the funeral of Pope Francis and the |
| 1:00.7 | conclave for Pope Leo to the Eurovision Song Contest. With her is the novelist and TV writer and |
| 1:07.1 | director Doug Naler, among much else co-creator of the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and a |
| 1:13.3 | headwriter for spitting image. Doug's latest book published just last year is the children's novel |
| 1:18.8 | Sin Bin Island. Marian Michirip, so would you start us off? What have you chosen as a good read? |
| 1:25.1 | So I have chosen Bridget Jones's diary by Helen Fielding, |
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