Reporter Jill Cochrane is at the Penguin bookshop in Covent Garden where she speaks to John Ridgeway about his book The Road to Elizabeth. The adventurer tells Jill of how he travelled to Peru to search out an old friend only to discover that he and his wife had been killed in an uprising and that his orphaned child was living in the Andes. He tells the story in his book of how he then adopted this child.

Henry Kelly reports from Manhattan where he interviews novelist Freda Bright. She talks about the inspiration behind her latest book, Infidelities. Henry then runs through the US Top Ten of paperback fiction. Thriller author Craig Thomas chats to Henry about his particular brand of high-tech espionage stories and how he researches them.

Henry also reports from the bedroom of comedian Ruby Wax, who discusses the authors she likes to read such as Tom Wolfe and Kurt Vonnegut. Henry concludes this week's programme by presenting the UK Top Ten paperback chart.

The Write Stuff was a weekly round-up of the world of books, authors and publishing and was a contribution from Ulster Television to the ITV network's daytime schedules. Each week, presenter Henry Kelly and reporter Jill Cochrane interviewed prominent authors, sought out celebrities for the latest books they'd read and ran through the weekly book charts.