''Open Book '' was a

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book review programme. It has been presented by Humphrey Carpenter,

Philippa Gregory Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Roman ...

, Nick Revell and Charlie Lee-Potter, with Mariella Frostrup as the regular presenter from 2003 until 2020. As of 2021, the show is hosted by Elizabeth Day and

Johny Pitts Johny Pitts is an English television presenter, writer and photographer born in Firth Park, Sheffield in 1987. Biography He is of mixed-race heritage (his father Richie was from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York and w ...

. The programme was broadcast on Sundays and Thursdays in the United Kingdom, except on the first Sunday of each month and is available online via

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, as is an archive of past issues.

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* Open Book {{UK-radio-show-stub