"Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books."
Richard Dormer
as Narrator
Stephen Bayley
as Himself - Author & Design Critic
Rick Gekoski
as Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer
Michelle Brown
as Herself - University of London
Christopher de Hamel
as Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Alison Bailey
as Herself - Curator British Library
Andrew Biswell
as Himself - Burgess Biographer
Alixe Bovey
as Herself - University of Kent
Michael Foreman
as Himself - Illustrator
John Gray
as Himself - Designer
Carolyne Larrington
as Herself - St. John's College Oxford
Patricia Lovett
as Herself - Scribe & Illustrator
Edward Maggs
as Himself - Rare Book Dealer
John McConnell
Scot McKendrick
as Himself - British Library
Paul W. Nash
as Himself - Bodleian Library Oxford
David Parker
as Himself - University of Birmingham
Sebastian Peake
as Himself
David Pearson
David Pelham
Wesley Rykalski
as Himself - Historical Researcher
Janet Soskice
as Herself - University of Cambridge
D.J. Taylor
as Himself - Orwell Biographer
John Vernon
Edward Wakeling
as Himself - Editor of Lewis Carroll's Diaries
Mairead Cullen
Production Coordinator
David Gray
Editor
Paul Devlin
Editorial Services
Raphaelle Boland
Researcher
Harry Bell
Executive Producer
James Hayes
Steve Bowden
Sound
David Keene
Brendan Hughes
Andy Tohill
Assistant Editor
Paul Maynes
Sound Mixer
Carla McCabe
Production Manager
Alec Walker
Art Direction
Ian Maclagan
Michael Waterhouse
Producer
Mike Robinson
Director of Photography
Vaughan Matthews