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Between the Covers

Between the Covers

NR2020•29m•5.5/10
Talk

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5.5/10(2)

Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.

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Production

Cactus TV

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 9, 2020

Last Aired

December 3, 2024

Networks

BBC Two

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2020-10-09
Sara Cox is joined by Phil Wang, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tom Allen and Sara Pascoe to share their favourite books and to discuss "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig and Sara's book "Sex, Power, Money".
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2020-10-16
Lolly Adefope, Ellie Taylor, Ricky Wilson and Richard Osman share the books that make them cry. They discuss Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud and Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2020-10-23
Rebecca Front, Sophie Ward, Ade Adepitan and Bill Bailey discuss this week’s book group picks, Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh and Sophie Ward’s Love and Other Thought Experiments.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2020-10-30
Sara Cox is joined by Jo Brand, Andi Osho, Ade Edmondson and Will Young to discuss this week’s book group picks, This Lovely City by Louise Hare and Will Young’s new book, To Be a Gay Man.
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2020-11-06
Sara Cox is joined by Laura Whitmore, Anita Rani, Russell Kane and Alan Davies. They share their favourite books and discuss Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers and Alan Davies’s Just Ignore Him.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2020-11-13
This week, Sara is joined by actor and writer Meera Syal, rapper Guvna B, comedian Dave Gorman and newsreader Babita Sharma.
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2020-11-20
Sara Cox is joined by Ben Miller, Grace Dent, Desiree Burch and Graham Norton. They reveal the books they pretend to have read but haven’t and the book they would give someone on a first date.

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