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Books and Authors

Richard Harrington & Njambi McGrath

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Books worth reading chosen by actor Richard Harrington and comedian Njambi McGrath

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

0:51.1

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

0:56.0

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here. Hello, the late Clive James remembered via one of today's book choices, and with me to introduce their good read.

1:03.0

Our first, the actor Richard Harrington, DCI Tom Matthias in Welsh TV cop drama Hinterland,

1:09.0

and whose wealth of other TV works

1:10.9

includes Wolfblood, Death in Paradise and The Crown.

1:15.0

His most recent stage appearance was in Home, I'm Darling, in the West End.

1:20.1

With Richard is the comedian Jambi Magr, Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2019,

1:25.9

a frequent guest on TV and radio, and the author of a memoir published

1:30.0

just last month called Through the Leopards Gaze. Richard Harrington, would you be kind

1:36.8

enough to start? What's your choice of a good read? I chose unreliable memoirs by Clive James.

1:42.8

We all know Clive James as a kind of a TV master,

1:46.4

you know, a commentator socially and politically and satirist, and I grew up with watching his

1:51.8

TV show as a kid. But the main reason I chose the book. I remember about when I was about

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