I've often said, these sort of programmes could be made more interesting if these "guests" instead of talking about it, were forced to mime the title of their "book, play, or film" to the presenters as in the old "Give Us a Clue" panel game.
I read about Michael's new offering in a book review. It said that it follows on from the last book he wrote, but that it covers everything the same that he wrote in that, for at least 242 pages. So effectively people will be paying for a re-hashed book with a few new added chapters.
Maybe to make it a bit different, Michael himself could have read part of his book aloud.