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About Babel
Babel is currently airing on SVT Play; the next episode airs May 1, 2026.
The show is a Swedish talk series that premiered in 2005. It features Jessika Gedin and Daniel Sjölin as they discuss literature, reading, and life with notable authors. Over the years, Babel has been a platform for engaging conversations about books and the role they play in everyday life.
The program is hosted by Jessika Gedin and Daniel Sjölin, who guide viewers through discussions with various authors. The show has a runtime of 54 minutes per episode. It has not been rated on TVMaze.
Babel episode schedule
6 upcoming · 249 aired . Next episode: November 12, 2026.
Upcoming · 6
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2026 | S46·E8 | TBA |
| November 19, 2026 | S46·E9 | TBA |
| November 26, 2026 | S46·E10 | TBA |
| December 3, 2026 | S46·E11 | TBA |
| December 10, 2026 | S46·E12 | TBA |
| December 17, 2026 | S46·E13 | TBA |
Aired · 249
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026 | S46·E7 | TBA |
| October 29, 2026 | S46·E6 | TBA |
| October 22, 2026 | S46·E5 | TBA |
| October 15, 2026 | S46·E4 | TBA |
| October 1, 2026 | S46·E3 | Gisèle Pelicot om övergrepp och skammen som måste byta sida |
| September 17, 2026 | S46·E2 | PC Jersild och sliding doors-romaner |
| September 3, 2026 | S46·E1 | Tone Schunnesson med Ultravåld |
| June 18, 2026 | S45·E4 | Suzanne Brøgger |
| June 11, 2026 | S45·E3 | Åsne Seierstad |
| June 4, 2026 | S45·E2 | Lena Andersson |
| May 28, 2026 | S45·E1 | Jan Guillou |
| May 1, 2026 | S44·E15 | David Lagercrantz och halvtid för Babels läsutmaning |
| April 24, 2026 | S44·E14 | Anne Holt och bokcirkel om Maken av Gun-Britt Sundström |
| April 17, 2026 | S44·E13 | Antony Beevor om Ryssland och Rasputin |
| April 10, 2026 | S44·E12 | Tomas Bannerhed och biblioterapi |
| April 3, 2026 | S44·E11 | Siri Hustvedt om sorgen efter Paul Auster |
| March 27, 2026 | S44·E10 | Påskekrim! Jens Lapidus i författarpanelen |
| March 20, 2026 | S44·E9 | Jonas Karlsson synar den mänskliga arten |
| March 13, 2026 | S44·E8 | Édouard Louis och böckerna som väcker vrede |
| March 6, 2026 | S44·E7 | Carina Rydberg och de bästa fackböckerna |
| February 27, 2026 | S44·E6 | Svindlande höjder och Ingela Strandberg |
| February 20, 2026 | S44·E5 | Inger Edelfeldt om skamlig fåfänga & panelen om svåra böcker |
| February 13, 2026 | S44·E4 | Nobelpristippad författare och roadmovielitteratur |
| February 6, 2026 | S44·E3 | Boktips för förlåtelse och försoning |
| January 30, 2026 | S44·E2 | Åsne Seierstad och det ryska hotet |
| January 23, 2026 | S44·E1 | Amanda Romare följer upp succéromanen |
| December 12, 2025 | S43·E13 | Monika Fagerholm och secret santa |
| December 5, 2025 | S43·E12 | Mikael Yvesand och bokcirkel om Stolthet och fördom |
| November 28, 2025 | S43·E11 | David Sedaris och Kafkas Förvandlingen |
| November 21, 2025 | S43·E10 | Augustprisnominerat seriealbum och biblioterapi |
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| November 14, 2025 | S43·E9 | Arundhati Roy och litteraturens bästa mammaskildringar |
| November 7, 2025 | S43·E8 | Martin Luuk och de bästa bokserierna |
| October 31, 2025 | S43·E7 | Bea Uusma om sitt livs passion och mysterium - Vitön |
| October 24, 2025 | S43·E6 | Korrespondenten Cecilia Uddén och låtskrivaren Mikael Wiehe |
| October 17, 2025 | S43·E5 | Nina Wähä och böckerna som ger hopp om ålderdomen |
| October 3, 2025 | S43·E4 | Lydia Sandgren och bokhistoriens bästa förstasida |
| September 19, 2025 | S43·E3 | Alex Schulman intervju och Amanda Romare i författarpanelen |
| September 12, 2025 | S43·E2 | Maria Maunsbach och bokcirkel om Jessika Gedins favoritroman |
| September 5, 2025 | S43·E1 | Klas Östergren och tips för att starta bästa bokcirkeln |
| July 18, 2025 | S42·E4 | Mats Strandberg |
| July 11, 2025 | S42·E3 | Sanna Samuelsson och Hanna Johansson |
| June 27, 2025 | S42·E2 | Martina Haag |
| June 20, 2025 | S42·E1 | Lars Lerin och Junior |
| May 9, 2025 | S41·E13 | Vigdis Hjorth |
| April 25, 2025 | S41·E12 | Philip Pullman och bokcirkel om kultförklarad klassiker |
| April 18, 2025 | S41·E11 | Farlig poesi och fasansfull Förintelseskildring |
| April 4, 2025 | S41·E10 | Robert Harris och livsförändrande böcker |
| March 28, 2025 | S41·E9 | Håkan Nesser och moderna klassiker |
| March 14, 2025 | S41·E8 | Lena Andersson och färska boktips |
| March 7, 2025 | S41·E7 | Helle Helle och bokcirkel om Det mest förbjudna |
| February 28, 2025 | S41·E6 | David Lagercrantz och hundra år av magisk realism |
| February 21, 2025 | S41·E5 | Sex, drakar och boksuccé – möt Rebecca Yarros |
| February 14, 2025 | S41·E4 | Därför älskar vi Mumin |
| February 7, 2025 | S41·E3 | Norges största författarpar |
| January 31, 2025 | S41·E2 | The Great Gatsby – en av världens bästa romaner? |
| January 24, 2025 | S41·E1 | Lukas Moodyssons livsråd |
| December 13, 2024 | S40·E12 | Jens Lapidus, Bruno K. Öijer och Julia Quinn |
| December 6, 2024 | S40·E11 | David Nicholls, Karolina Ramqvist |
| November 29, 2024 | S40·E10 | Daniel Sjölin, Kaliane Bradley, Ruth Kvarnström-Jones |
| November 22, 2024 | S40·E9 | Sven-Olov Karlsson, Mattias Timander |
| November 15, 2024 | S40·E8 | Anne Applebaum och Marie-Louise Ekman |
| November 8, 2024 | S40·E7 | Jan Guillou, Brenda Navarro |
| November 1, 2024 | S40·E6 | Caroline Ringskog Ferrada-Noli, Abraham Verghese |
| October 25, 2024 | S40·E5 | John Cooper Clarke, Nina Bouraoui och Johnossi |
| October 18, 2024 | S40·E4 | Yuval Noah Harari, Mian Lodalen och Melissa Horn |
| October 13, 2024 | S40·E3 | Nobelpriset i litteratur |
| October 4, 2024 | S40·E2 | Liv Strömquist om samtidens fixering vid lycka |
| September 29, 2024 | S40·E1 | Bokmässan i Göteborg |
| May 10, 2024 | S39·E9 | Malin Ullgren, Andrew McMillan, Adam Taal |
| April 26, 2024 | S39·E8 | Arundhati Roy, Carl-Johan Vallgren, David Norlin |
| April 19, 2024 | S39·E7 | Salman Rushdie, Niklas Rådström, vårpoesi |
| April 12, 2024 | S39·E6 | John Ajvide Lindqvist, Mirja Unge, Winona Oak |
| April 5, 2024 | S39·E5 | Avsnitt 5 |
| March 29, 2024 | S39·E4 | Avsnitt 4 |
| March 22, 2024 | S39·E3 | Avsnitt 3 |
| March 15, 2024 | S39·E2 | Avsnitt 2 |
| March 8, 2024 | S39·E1 | Stefan Lindberg, Asta Olivia Nordenhof, Maia Hirasawa |
| November 17, 2023 | S38·E12 | Sigge Eklund, Patti Smith, Jackie Mere |
| November 10, 2023 | S38·E11 | Annika Norlin, Olga Ravn, Ingrid Carlberg |
| November 3, 2023 | S38·E10 | Katarina Wennstam, Hernan Diaz, Maria Sonia Cristoff |
| October 27, 2023 | S38·E9 | Bret Easton Ellis, Maria Stepanova, Jelena Kostiutjenko |
| October 20, 2023 | S38·E8 | Agneta Pleijel, Anahita Ghazinezam, Vilma Flood |
| October 13, 2023 | S38·E7 | Alex Ahndoril, Margaret Atwood, Sara Lidman |
| October 8, 2023 | S38·E6 | Årets nobelpristagare Jon Fosse |
| October 1, 2023 | S38·E5 | Bokmässespecial |
| September 22, 2023 | S38·E4 | Mikael Niemi, Lena Andersson, Jonas Hassen Khemiri |
| September 15, 2023 | S38·E3 | Vigdis Hjorth, Ocean Vuong, Willy Vlautin |
| September 8, 2023 | S38·E2 | Kjell Westö, Amanda Svensson, Darin |
| September 1, 2023 | S38·E1 | Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Andrev Walden, Sarah Klang |
| May 5, 2023 | S37·E9 | Laurie Halse Anderson, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Nina Persson |
| April 28, 2023 | S37·E8 | Hanna Nordenhök, Mikael Yvesand, Anna Järvinen |
| April 21, 2023 | S37·E7 | Maggie O’Farrell, Jennifer Clement, Nao Mali |
| April 14, 2023 | S37·E6 | Nora Ikstena, Fríða Ísberg, Jelassi |
| April 7, 2023 | S37·E5 | Karl Ove Knausgård, Anna Fock, Simon Superti |
| March 31, 2023 | S37·E4 | Mohsin Hamid, Aslı Erdoğan, Gösta Larsson |
| March 24, 2023 | S37·E3 | Jamaica Kincaid, Ian McEwan |
| March 17, 2023 | S37·E2 | Maja Lunde, Rosa Liksom, Parham |
| March 10, 2023 | S37·E1 | Åsne Seierstad, Hans Gunnarsson, Dina ögon |
| November 27, 2022 | S36·E13 | Karin Smirnoff, Édouard Louis, Janice |
| November 20, 2022 | S36·E12 | Lina Wolff, Maaza Mengiste, Little Dragon |
| November 13, 2022 | S36·E11 | Anneli Jordahl, Andrea Lundgren, Cleo |
| November 6, 2022 | S36·E10 | Elizabeth George, Alexandre Antonelli och Paula Jivén |
| October 30, 2022 | S36·E9 | Linn Ullmann, Pip Williams, Péter Nádas |
| October 23, 2022 | S36·E8 | Joakim Pirinen, Nina Hemmingsson och Dungen |
| October 16, 2022 | S36·E7 | Lea Ypi, Sara Parkman och Aris Fioretos |
| October 9, 2022 | S36·E6 | Nobelspecial: Annie Ernaux |
| October 2, 2022 | S36·E5 | Alex Schulman, Jesper Wung-Sung och Annie Ernaux |
| September 25, 2022 | S36·E4 | Från Bokmässan i Göteborg |
| September 18, 2022 | S36·E3 | Marian Keyes, Patrik Svensson och Anna Axfors |
| September 4, 2022 | S36·E2 | Gerda Antti, Johannes Anyuru, Kjell och Mårten Westö |
| August 28, 2022 | S36·E1 | Carina Rydberg, Torbjörn Flygt och Sabina Ddumba |
| September 5, 2020 | S32·E3 | Alex Schulman, Suad Ali, Mattias Alkberg, Björn Ranelid |
| August 30, 2020 | S32·E2 | Agneta Pleijel, Stephan Mendel-Enk, Eva Dahlgren |
| August 23, 2020 | S32·E1 | Jan Guillou, Lydia Sandgren, Mikael Niemi, Loney Dear |
| April 26, 2020 | S31·E9 | Karin Smirnoff, Bengt Ohlsson, Gizem Erdogan |
| April 19, 2020 | S31·E8 | Ulrika Knutson, Josefine Adolfsson, Rickard Söderberg |
| April 12, 2020 | S31·E7 | Christian Unge, Niklas Natt och Dag, Mikael Wiehe |
| April 5, 2020 | S31·E6 | Anne Swärd, Trygve Skaug, Sara Granér, Per Sinding-Larsen |
| March 29, 2020 | S31·E5 | Stefan Lindberg, Elin Anna Labba, Wilderäng, Magnus Betnér |
| March 22, 2020 | S31·E4 | Elis Monteverde Burrau, Lina Gustafsson, Stina Wirsén |
| March 15, 2020 | S31·E3 | Hanne Vibeke Holst, Joyce Carol Oates, Bodil Malmsten |
| March 8, 2020 | S31·E2 | Sjòn, Géraldine Schwarz, Kalle Moraeus, Arazo Arif |
| March 1, 2020 | S31·E1 | Jeanette Winterson, Mats Strandberg, Jenny Jägerfeld |
| November 17, 2019 | S30·E13 | Peter Høeg, Matilda Gustavsson, Lasse Åberg |
| November 10, 2019 | S30·E12 | Anne Holt, Sara Villius, Carl Johan De Geer |
| November 3, 2019 | S30·E11 | Erlend Loe, Cecelia Watson, Annelie Pompe |
| October 27, 2019 | S30·E10 | Lisa Halliday, Lisa Taddeo, Sofia Jannok m.fl. |
| October 20, 2019 | S30·E9 | Guy Gunaratne, Jonas Bonnier, Gustaf Norén |
| October 12, 2019 | S30·E8 | Nobel special |
| October 6, 2019 | S30·E7 | Jenny Colgan, Steve Sem Sandberg, Rojda Sekersöz, Janice |
| September 29, 2019 | S30·E6 | Rachel Cusk, Nicole Krauss, Markus Zusak |
| September 22, 2019 | S30·E5 | Athena Farrokhzad, Magnus Västerbro, Peter Gerhardsson |
| September 15, 2019 | S30·E4 | Monika Fagerholm, Patrik Svensson, Anne Ramberg |
| September 8, 2019 | S30·E3 | Linda Boström Knausgård, Liv Strömquist, Sarah Klang and others |
| September 1, 2019 | S30·E2 | Beate Grimsrud, Emilie Pine, Suzanne Osten |
| August 25, 2019 | S30·E1 | Marian Keyes, David Lagercrantz, Britta Persson |
| April 21, 2019 | S29·E9 | Michael Ondaatje and Bart Moeyaert |
| April 14, 2019 | S29·E8 | Chigozie Obioma and Kristen Roupenian |
| April 7, 2019 | S29·E7 | Deborah Levy and Björn af Kleen |
| March 31, 2019 | S29·E6 | David Sedaris and Lasse Berg |
| March 24, 2019 | S29·E5 | Amanda Svensson, Sasha Salzmann |
| March 17, 2019 | S29·E4 | Umeå literature festival |
| March 10, 2019 | S29·E3 | Sara Danius, Nina Wähä and Henrik Bromander |
| March 3, 2019 | S29·E2 | Julie Lindahl and Johan Jönson |
| February 24, 2019 | S29·E1 | Ernst Brunner, Johanna Frid and Aase Berg |
| November 11, 2018 | S28·E12 | Maria Aljochina, Alex Schulman and Loreen |
| November 4, 2018 | S28·E11 | Niklas Natt och Dag, Alexandra Pascalidou and Simon Strauss |
| October 28, 2018 | S28·E10 | Tessa Hadley and Dorte Nors |
| October 21, 2018 | S28·E9 | Hanne Vibeke Holst and Helena von Zweigbergk |
| October 14, 2018 | S28·E8 | Maciej Zaremba |
| October 7, 2018 | S28·E7 | Sheila Heti, Wole Soyinka and Marina Benjamin |
| September 30, 2018 | S28·E6 | Bokmässan i Göteborg |
| September 23, 2018 | S28·E5 | Marie Darrieussecq and Marie-Louise Ekman |
| September 16, 2018 | S28·E4 | Sara Stridsberg, Fredrik Ekelund and Familjen |
| September 9, 2018 | S28·E3 | Avsnitt 3 |
| September 2, 2018 | S28·E2 | Jonas Hassen Khemiri and Vigdis Hjort |
| August 26, 2018 | S28·E1 | Jonas Gardell, Anthony Beevor and Hédi Fried |
| May 13, 2018 | S27·E10 | Revolution, flickor och nuckor! |
| May 6, 2018 | S27·E9 | Kris, katastrof och Krunegård |
| April 29, 2018 | S27·E8 | Nesbö, Shakespeare och Linde |
| April 22, 2018 | S27·E7 | Sorg, separationer och dikt om Akademien |
| April 15, 2018 | S27·E6 | Lena Andersson, Simon Stålenhag, Balsam Karam |
| April 8, 2018 | S27·E5 | Agnes Lidbeck, Maja Lundgren o sanningen om svenska deckare |
| April 1, 2018 | S27·E4 | Rebelltjejer, Jenny Jägerfeldt, Athena Farrokzhad |
| March 25, 2018 | S27·E3 | Robert Harris, Sarah Perry, Min stora sorg |
| March 18, 2018 | S27·E2 | Anne Hope Jahren, Kerstin Strandberg, Nino Mick |
| March 11, 2018 | S27·E1 | Tolstoj, idioter och svindlande höjder |
| November 5, 2017 | S26·E11 | Julian Barnes, Petina Gappah, Mikael Persbrandt, Carl-Johan Vallgren |
| October 29, 2017 | S26·E10 | Stockhoms litteraturfestival, Moshin Hamid |
| October 22, 2017 | S26·E9 | Ariel Levy, Kjell Johansson, Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde |
| October 15, 2017 | S26·E8 | Anna Schulze, Jack Hildén |
| October 8, 2017 | S26·E7 | Nobelsändning |
| October 1, 2017 | S26·E6 | Bokmässorna i Göteborg |
| September 24, 2017 | S26·E5 | Sigrid Combüchen, Mikael Niemi, Veronica Maggio |
| September 17, 2017 | S26·E4 | Litteraturfestivalen på Svalbard |
| September 10, 2017 | S26·E3 | Mats Jonsson, Gunilla Bergström |
| September 3, 2017 | S26·E2 | Kjell Westö |
| August 27, 2017 | S26·E1 | Louisiana litteraturfestival |
| May 14, 2017 | S25·E10 | Helsinki Lit |
| May 7, 2017 | S25·E9 | Alain de Botton, Majgull Axelsson, Mats Strandberg |
| April 30, 2017 | S25·E8 | Maggie O'Farrell, Carsten Jensen, Sacha Batthyany |
| April 23, 2017 | S25·E7 | Sara Paborn, Philip Teir, Sara Danius, Per Hagman |
| April 16, 2017 | S25·E6 | Augustin Erba, Elsie Johansson, Elise Karlsson, Mariana Enriquez |
| April 9, 2017 | S25·E5 | Edmund de Waal, Agneta Pleijel, Jonathan Safran Foer, Anna Hallberg |
| April 2, 2017 | S25·E4 | Stefan Spjut |
| March 26, 2017 | S25·E3 | Tove Folkesson, Linus de Faire |
| March 19, 2017 | S25·E2 | Litteraturfestivalen i Umeå |
| March 12, 2017 | S25·E1 | Johannes Anyuru, Theodor Kallifatides och Agnes Lidbeck |
| November 12, 2016 | S24·E12 | Så kan man närläsa en porrnovell |
| November 6, 2016 | S24·E11 | Deon Meyer, LS Hilton, Åsne Seierstad |
| October 30, 2016 | S24·E10 | Jamaica Kincaid, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Hirom Ho |
| October 23, 2016 | S24·E9 | Linn Ullmann, M. R. Carey, Hanya Yanagihara |
| October 16, 2016 | S24·E8 | Årets Nobelpristagare Bob Dylan analyseras och diskuteras på längden och tvären |
| October 9, 2016 | S24·E7 | Leif GW Persson och Evert Bäckström är tillbaka! |
| October 2, 2016 | S24·E6 | Geir Gulliksen, Joakim Pirinen, Nachla Vargas Alaeb |
| September 25, 2016 | S24·E5 | Sofi Oksanen, Meg Wolitzer, Karen Armstrong, Eija Hetekivi Olsson |
| September 18, 2016 | S24·E4 | Emma Cline, Steve Sem Sandberg, Rutu Modan, Carolina Frände |
| September 11, 2016 | S24·E3 | Hans Gunnarsson, Lina Wolff, Stina Oscarsson |
| September 4, 2016 | S24·E2 | Johanna Ekström, Linda Boström Knausgård, Tone Schunnesson |
| August 28, 2016 | S24·E1 | Anne Enright, Edward St Aubyn, Mattias Alkberg, Claudio Magris |
| May 22, 2016 | S23·E10 | Meg Rosoff |
| May 15, 2016 | S23·E9 | Roxane Gay |
| May 8, 2016 | S23·E8 | Horace Engdahl |
| May 1, 2016 | S23·E7 | Jeanette Winterson |
| April 24, 2016 | S23·E6 | Bill Clegg |
| April 17, 2016 | S23·E5 | Athena Farrokhzad, Svetlana Cârstean, Erik Lundin, Stefan Larsson |
| April 10, 2016 | S23·E4 | David Wiberg |
| April 3, 2016 | S23·E3 | Niklas Rådström, Negar Naseh |
| March 27, 2016 | S23·E2 | Stefan Lindberg, Lena Andersson, John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| March 20, 2016 | S23·E1 | Ebba Witt-Brattström, Jenny Erpenbeck |
| November 8, 2015 | S22·E12 | Lee Child, Dorthe Nors, Maja Hagerman |
| November 1, 2015 | S22·E11 | Susan Abulhawa, Karin Johannisson |
| October 25, 2015 | S22·E10 | Jonathan Franzen, Colm Toibin, Marie Ndiaye |
| October 18, 2015 | S22·E9 | Aris Fioretos, Moa Gammel, Carola Hansson |
| October 11, 2015 | S22·E8 | Svetlana Aleksijevitj, Sara Danius |
| October 4, 2015 | S22·E7 | Jens Lapidus, Katarina Frostenson |
| September 27, 2015 | S22·E6 | Ian McEwan, Guadalupe Nettel, Jonas Jonasson |
| September 20, 2015 | S22·E5 | Peter Høeg, Julie Otsuka, Jill Alexander Essbaum |
| September 13, 2015 | S22·E4 | Elizabeth Strout, Cilla Naumann, Johan Hilton |
| September 6, 2015 | S22·E3 | Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Karl Ove Knausgård, Hassan Blasim |
| August 30, 2015 | S22·E2 | David Lagercrantz, Kerstin Ekman |
| August 23, 2015 | S22·E1 | Jonas Karlsson, Marie-Louise Ekman, Tom Malmquist |
| May 31, 2015 | S21·E12 | Håkan Nesser, Samantha Ellis |
| May 24, 2015 | S21·E11 | Henning Mankell, Margie Orford, Helon Habila |
| May 17, 2015 | S21·E10 | Roy Jacobsen, Tove Folkesson, Paula Hawkins |
| May 10, 2015 | S21·E9 | Martin Luuk, Olivia Bergdahl, Yvonne Leffler |
| May 3, 2015 | S21·E8 | Peter Englund, Xiaolu Guo |
| April 26, 2015 | S21·E7 | Jennifer Clement, Edouard Louis |
| April 19, 2015 | S21·E6 | Susanna Alakoski, Sarah Waters |
| April 12, 2015 | S21·E5 | Liv Strömquist, Caroline Ringskog Ferrada-Noli, Assaf Gavron |
…and 19 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
