''Open Book '' is a

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...

book review programme. It has been presented by

Humphrey Carpenter Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Ink ...

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 Rom ...

Nick Revell Nick Revell is a British comedian and writer for radio and television. Born John Revell, he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. Revell started performing stand-up in 1980 at Comedy Store, where he later became a regular MC, between 1982 and 1 ...

and Charlie Lee-Potter, with

Mariella Frostrup Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November 1962) is a British journalist and presenter, known in British television and radio mainly for arts programmes. Early life Frostrup was born in Oslo, Norway, to Peter and Joan Frostrup, but moved with her fa ...

as the regular presenter from 2003 until 2020. As of 2021, the show is hosted by

Elizabeth Day Elizabeth Day (born 10 November 1978) is an English novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She was a feature writer for ''The Observer'' from 2007 to 2016, and wrote for ''You'' magazine. Day has written six books, and is also the host of the pod ...

and

Johny Pitts Johny Pitts is an English television presenter, writer and photographer from Firth Park, Sheffield. Biography He is of mixed-race heritage (his father Richie was from Bed–Stuy, New York and was in the 1970s soul band The Fantastics, ...

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

BBC Sounds BBC Sounds is a walled garden streaming media and audio download service from the BBC that includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand, and podcasts. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, ...

, as is an archive of past issues.

References

External links

Open Book Open book may refer to: Books and publishing * ''An Open Book'' (poems), a collection by Orson Scott Card * Open access books * PEN/Open Book, a program fostering diversity in publishing * ''An Open Book'', an autobiography by Monica Dickens * ...

{{UK-radio-show-stub