Podcast
Take Four Books
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025cxw
Presenter James Crawford looks at an author's latest work and delves further into their creative process by learning about the three other texts that have shaped their writing.
61episodes
69guest appearances
67unique guests
Hosts
- James Crawford host
Frequent Guests
| Guest | Appearances | Hours | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colm Tóibín | 2 | 2026-03-08 | |
| Louise Welsh | 2 | 2025-09-28 | |
| Alexander Mc Call Smith | 1 | 2025-11-30 | |
| Ali Smith | 1 | 2026-01-25 | |
| A.L. Kennedy | 1 | 2024-12-15 | |
| Amitav Ghosh | 1 | 2026-05-10 | |
| Andrew Michael Hurley | 1 | 2025-12-28 | |
| Andrew Miller | 1 | 2025-06-08 | |
| Andrew O'Hagan | 1 | 2025-04-13 | |
| Ben Okri | 1 | 2025-05-11 | |
| Bryan Washington | 1 | 2026-02-08 | |
| Chris Kraus | 1 | 2025-10-26 | |
| David Szalay | 1 | 2025-03-23 | |
| Deborah Levy | 1 | 2026-05-24 | |
| Denise Mina | 1 | 2025-07-27 | |
| Eimear Mc Bride | 1 | 2025-03-16 | |
| Elif Shafak | 1 | 2025-06-15 | |
| Emma Healey | 1 | 2025-02-09 | |
| Emma Warren | 1 | 2025-06-22 | |
| Eoin Mc Namee | 1 | 2025-03-30 | |
| Graeme Macrae Burnet | 1 | 2024-11-24 | |
| Graham Norton | 1 | 2025-09-21 | |
| Gurnaik Johal | 1 | 2025-07-20 | |
| Gwendoline Riley | 1 | 2026-04-26 | |
| Heather Parry | 1 | 2025-05-18 | |
| Ian Mc Ewan | 1 | 2025-09-14 | |
| Irvine Welsh | 1 | 2025-08-10 | |
| Jan Carson | 1 | 2026-03-22 | |
| Jenni Fagan | 1 | 2026-04-12 | |
| Jennifer Niven | 1 | 2026-02-15 | |
| John Banville | 1 | 2025-10-12 | |
| John Lanchester | 1 | 2026-02-22 | |
| Jonathan Coe | 1 | 2025-01-12 | |
| Jo Nesbø | 1 | 2025-12-07 | |
| Karl Ove Knausgaard | 1 | 2025-11-23 | |
| Katherine Rundell | 1 | 2025-11-09 | |
| Katie Kitamura | 1 | 2026-05-17 | |
| Katie Ward | 1 | 2025-04-13 | |
| Kim Sherwood | 1 | 2025-07-27 | |
| Kirstin Innes | 1 | 2025-08-10 | |
| Laurent Binet | 1 | 2025-02-23 | |
| Madeleine Thien | 1 | 2025-06-29 | |
| Makenna Goodman | 1 | 2026-01-11 | |
| Mary Dorcey | 1 | 2025-09-21 | |
| Melissa Lucashenko | 1 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Michelle de Kretser | 1 | 2025-01-26 | |
| Nick Harkaway | 1 | 2024-12-22 | |
| Ocean Vuong | 1 | 2025-05-18 | |
| Olga Ravn | 1 | 2025-11-16 | |
| Paul Theroux | 1 | 2025-01-19 | |
| Phillipa Gregory | 1 | 2025-10-19 | |
| Rachel Kushner | 1 | 2025-08-17 | |
| Rachelle Atalla | 1 | 2024-12-29 | |
| Rob Doyle | 1 | 2026-01-18 | |
| Salman Rushdie | 1 | 2025-12-14 | |
| Sarah Hall | 1 | 2025-08-24 | |
| Seán Hewitt | 1 | 2025-05-25 | |
| Solvej Balle | 1 | 2026-04-19 | |
| Susan Barker | 1 | 2025-02-16 | |
| Susan Choi | 1 | 2026-03-15 | |
| Tash Aw | 1 | 2025-03-09 | |
| Tessa Hadley | 1 | 2024-12-08 | |
| Vincenzo Latronico | 1 | 2025-04-27 | |
| Wendy Erskine | 1 | 2025-06-22 | |
| William Boyd | 1 | 2025-09-28 | |
| Xiaolu Guo | 1 | 2025-04-20 | |
| Yann Martel | 1 | 2026-03-29 |
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