Andrew Marr
Self - Presenter
Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016)
Season 1
Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels - the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page.
Released Oct. 17, 2016
Episode 60 min
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Genres: Documentary
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Detectives
In the first episode of a series that explores the books we (really) read, Andrew Marr investigates the curious case of detective fiction. This is a genre that been producing best-sellers since the 19th century, and whose most famous heroes - Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Rebus - are now embedded in our collective psyche.
Oct. 17, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Fantasy
What is it about stories of magic, epic adventure, and imaginary worlds that has turned fantasy fiction into one of the world's most popular forms of storytelling, regularly filling the bestseller lists and entrancing adults and children alike?
Oct. 24, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Spies
What is the allure of the classic espionage story? As Andrew Marr argues in the conclusion to his series about the books we (really) read, the British spy novel is much more than a cloak-and-dagger affair.
Oct. 31, 2016, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 180 min.
Released: Oct. 17, 2016
Last Air Date: Oct. 31, 2016, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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