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Recent TV and Radio Appearances

BBC Radio 3, Literary Pursuits 2 June 2019 - William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Sarah Dillon in conversation with John Carey, Toby Faber, Golding’s daughter Judy Carver, and others.

BBC R3 Free Thinking 4 May 2017 - John Carey joins Mandy Green, Islam Issa, Jo Moshenska and presenter Philip Dodd to discuss John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The producer is Torquil Macleod.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 20 December 2014 - Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Meg Rosoff, Deborah Moggach and John Carey, the producer is Oliver Jones.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 06 April 2013 - Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week, Julian Barnes's new novel Levels of Life and A Late Quartet with Christopher Walken.

BBC 2 The Review Show, 23 November 2012 - Martha Kearney and guests John Carey, Ekow Eshun and Natalie Haynes discuss the cultural highlights of the week including the National Theatre's production of The Magistrate.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 13 October 2012 - Tom Sutcliffe and guests - critic John Carey and writers Paul Morley and Susan Jeffreys review the cultural highlights of the week.

BBC R3 The Verb, 25 April 2014 - Ian McMillan is joined by guests Professor John Carey, poet Ross Sutherland, novelist MJ Hyland and singer Barb Jungr to explore why 'sentimentality' in writing was so valued in the 18th century, and has become so taboo in contemporary writing.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 07 September 2013 - Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Bidisha, Ellah Allfrey and Professor John Carey.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 06 April 2013 - Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week, Julian Barnes's new novel Levels of Life and A Late Quartet with Christopher Walken.

BBC 2 The Review Show, 23 November 2012 - Martha Kearney and guests John Carey, Ekow Eshun and Natalie Haynes discuss the cultural highlights of the week including the National Theatre's production of The Magistrate.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 13 October 2012 - Tom Sutcliffe and guests - critic John Carey and writers Paul Morley and Susan Jeffreys review the cultural highlights of the week.

BBC R4 The Saturday Review, 21 April 2012 - Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Susan Jeffreys, literary critic John Carey and actor Kerry Shale review the cultural highlights of the week.