Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes...
Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes... is a documentary on BBC4. 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. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 3 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes...
Series in which Andrew Marr explores the books we really read. He argues that the British spy novel allows readers to engage with big questions about the human condition.
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Series in which Andrew Marr explores the books we read. He argues that fantasy novels are filled with big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way.
Series in which Andrew Marr explores the books we read. He investigates detective fiction, a genre whose most famous heroes are now embedded in our collective psyche.