Comedians’ favourite books

With Comic Relief on Friday March 13, we asked five top comedians to tell us about their top books of all time.

By The Newsroom

Published 12th Mar 2015, 16:04 BST

Dave Spikey – A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

Jenny Eclair – “Changes all the time – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt at the mo – but long time fave is Madame Bovary.

Milton Jones – Back on tour with his latest stand-up show, Milton Jones And The Temple Of Daft, his favourite book is The Bluffers Guide To Parachuting.

Marcus Brigstocke –To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Eric Idle – “Can’t decide between Bleak House by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.”

*Most books are available at your local Lancashire library, or visit http://bit.ly/allourbooks or http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/lancashire/ to reserve a copy.