The TV Book Club

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Into the Darkest Corner

    First broadcast: Sunday 19 February, 7.20PM on More4

    The Book Club discuss Into the Darkest Corner, Elizabeth Haynes' edgy and powerful tale of obsession and suspense.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The Somnambulist

    First broadcast: Sunday 12 February 2012, 7.20PM on More4

    Dave Spikey, Laila Rouass, Meera Syal and celebrity guest Sue Johnston discuss The Somnabulist, Essie Fox's spellbinding tale of lost love, grief, murder and madness in Victorian England.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The Sisters Brothers

    First broadcast: Sunday 05 February 2012, 7.20PM on More4

    Dave Spikey, Laila Rouass and Meera Syal are joined by guest Charley Boorman to discuss The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt's Booker Prize-shortlisted odyssey across gold-rush America.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Before I Go to Sleep

    First broadcast: Sunday 29 January 2012, 7.10PM on More4

    Caroline Quentin, Dave Spikey, Laila Rouass and guest Simon Day discuss Before I Go to Sleep, SJ Watson's critically acclaimed, best-selling novel about a woman who is incapable of maintaining memories for more than one day.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: Grace Williams Says It Loud

    First broadcast: Sunday 14 August 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The final episode in the summer series reviews Grace Williams Says It Loud, Emma Henderson's spirit-soaring story of betrayal, triumph, loss and love against the odds.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: The Radleys

    First broadcast: Sunday 07 August 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The Book Club reviews The Radleys, Matt Haig's tale of a suburban family with a very big secret. The celebrity guest in this episode is Andrea Corr.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: The Hidden Child

    First broadcast: Sunday 31 July 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The Book Club reviews The Hidden Child, Camilla Lackberg's crime novel about a Swedish writer who finds a Nazi medal amongst her late mother's belongings, and the chain of murders her discovery sets off.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: The Book of Human Skin

    First broadcast: Sunday 24 July 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The Book Club reviews The Book of Human Skin, Michelle Lovric's wide-ranging tale of Venetian jealousy, destruction and determination. The celebrity guest in this episode is Dr Pamela Stephenson.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: Night Road

    First broadcast: Sunday 17 July 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Night Road, Kristin Hannah's moving, haunting story of two inseperable girls and the summer their families will always remember... and could never forget. The celebrity guest in this episode is Sarah Brown.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: A Visit from the Goon Squad

    First broadcast: Sunday 10 July 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan's captivating, wryly humorous story of temptation and loss. The celebrity guest in this episode is Jason Isaacs.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: Moonlight Mile

    First broadcast: Sunday 03 July 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Moonlight Mile, Dennis Lehane's crime thriller about a missing teenager with a tragic past. The guest in this episode is Henry Winkler.

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  • Summer Reads The TV Book Club: The Lantern

    First broadcast: Sunday 26 June 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The first episode in the new series of Summer Reads reviews The Lantern, Deborah Lawrenson's tale of romance and mystery.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Spies of The Balkans

    First broadcast: Sunday 20 March 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The final episode in the series reviews Spies of the Balkans, Alan Furst's Second World War tale of a Greek detective who gets involved in an audacious plot to smuggle Jews to safety. The guest in this episode is Larry Lamb.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: My Last Duchess

    First broadcast: Sunday 13 March 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The panel discuss My Last Duchess, Daisy Goodwin's tale of an American heiress who marries an English duke but struggles to pick her way through the minefield of English society. The guest is Michael Ball.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Even the Dogs

    First broadcast: Sunday 06 March 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The panel discusses Even the Dogs, Jon McGregor's intense, exhilarating and intimate exploration of life on the edge of society. The guest in this episode is Arlene Phillips.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Bleed for Me

    First broadcast: Sunday 27 February 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    The Book Club discusses Bleed for Me, Michael Robotham's thriller about a 14-year-old girl found covered in blood, while her father lies dead in her bedroom. The guest in this episode is Nigel Havers.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    First broadcast: Sunday 20 February 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    The Book Club discusses The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot's true story of a poor southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine. The guest in this episode is Rory McGrath.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The News Where You Are

    First broadcast: Sunday 13 February 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    The TV Book Club discusses The News Where You Are, Catherine O'Flynn's funny and touching story of a local TV news reporter haunted by disappearances. Bill Paterson is the guest.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Tiger Hills

    First broadcast: Sunday 06 February 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    The Book Club discusses Tiger Hills, Sarita Mandanna's tale of two children in southern India whose lives are changed when they attend a 'tiger wedding'. The guest in this episode is Patrick Kielty.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The Junior Officers Reading Club

    First broadcast: Sunday 30 January 2011, 12AM on More 4

    This episode reviews The Junior Officers' Reading Club, Patrick Hennessey's inside story of how a modern soldier is made.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: The Long Song by Andrea Levy

    First broadcast: Sunday 23 January 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    The Book Club reviews The Long Song, the Booker Prize-shortlisted novel from Andrea Levy, the author of Small Island.

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  • The TV Book Club The TV Book Club: Room by Emma Donoghue

    First broadcast: Sunday 16 January 2011, 12AM on More 4

    The first episode in the new series reviews Room, Emma Donoghue's unsentimental yet uplifting Booker-shortlisted novel about a five-year-old boy and his mother, who spend all their time in a locked room.

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  • Summer Reads The Weight of Silence

    First broadcast: Sunday 15 August 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews The Weight of Silence: Heather Gudenkauf's moving and compelling tale of two missing girls.

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  • Summer Reads Devil's Acre

    First broadcast: Sunday 08 August 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews The Devil's Acre: a novel of intrigue, violence and conflicted loyalties from Matthew Plampin.

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  • Summer Reads Ellis Island

    First broadcast: Sunday 01 August 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Ellis Island, Kate Kerrigan's tale of one woman's struggle to reconcile her love of New York and her love of the man she left behind fighting the War of Independence in Ireland.

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  • Summer Reads Stone's Fall

    First broadcast: Sunday 25 July 2010, 12AM on More 4

    Peter Davison joins the presenting panel as the Book Club reviews Stone's Fall, Iain Pears' historical crime story that moves from Edwardian London to Paris and Venice.

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  • Summer Reads The Bed I Made

    First broadcast: Sunday 18 July 2010, 7.30PM on More4

    The TV Book Club reviews The Bed I Made, Lucie Whitehouse's tale of obsessive love.

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  • Summer Reads The Legacy

    First broadcast: Sunday 11 July 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews The Legacy, Katherine Webb's sweeping, multi-generational drama exploring the lives of two very different women from one remarkable family.

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  • Summer Reads The Man Who Disappeared

    First broadcast: Sunday 04 July 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews The Man Who Disappeared, Clare Morrall's thought-provoking and inspiring tale of a woman whose usually reliable husband vanishes.

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  • Summer Reads The Help

    First broadcast: Sunday 27 June 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club returns for an eight-part series of Summer Reads. This first episode is presented by Jo Brand, Dave Spikey, Laila Rouass and Stephen Tompkinson, and reviews The Help, Kathryn Stockett's funny and moving story of three Mississippi women from different backgrounds.

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  • The TV Book Club The Silver Linings Play Book

    First broadcast: Sunday 28 March 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Play Book, and interviews David Threlfall.

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  • The TV Book Club Wedlock

    First broadcast: Sunday 21 March 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Wendy Moore's Wedlock, and interviews Dennis Lawson.

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  • The TV Book Club The Way Home

    First broadcast: Sunday 07 March 2010, 7.30PM on More4

    The TV Book Club reviews George Pelecanos's The Way Home, and interviews Richard E Grant.

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  • The TV Book Club Brixton Beach

    First broadcast: Sunday 28 February 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Roma Tearne's Brixton Beach, and interviews Danny Wallace.

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  • The TV Book Club The Rapture

    First broadcast: Sunday 21 February 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Liz Jensen's The Rapture, and interviews Martine McCutcheon.

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  • The TV Book Club Cutting for Stone

    First broadcast: Sunday 14 February 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Abraham Verghese's Cutting for Stone, and interviews Stephen Tompkinson.

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  • The TV Book Club Juliet, Naked

    First broadcast: Sunday 07 February 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked, and the celebrity guest is John Thomson.

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  • The TV Book Club Sacred Hearts

    First broadcast: Sunday 31 January 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Sarah Dunant's Sacred Hearts, and the celebrity guest is Emilia Fox.

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  • The TV Book Club Blacklands

    First broadcast: Sunday 24 January 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews Belinda Bauer's Blacklands, and there's an interview with Alan Davies.

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  • The TV Book Club The Little Stranger

    First broadcast: Sunday 17 January 2010, 12AM on More 4

    The TV Book Club reviews South Bank Award-winner Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger, and there's an interview with Chris Evans.

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