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Val McDermid on Truth and Fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Asia Pacific

Is fiction the best way to access the truth? Award-winning Scottish crime writer, Val McDermid, explores the relationship between fiction, video games and real-life crime documentary. She talks to Ken McLeod and Richard K Morgan, whose science fiction novels offer a commentary on current political events. She meets Malath Abbas, the designer of Killbox, a new game about the ethics of drone warfare, and Lucas Pope whose BAFTA-winning Papers Please examines the moral and political decisions faced by an immigration officer. McDermid discusses the importance and the pitfalls of covering real-life crime with the veteran documentary maker and criminologist Roger Graef. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Val McDermid
Editor:
Janet Lee
Series Producer:
Matthew Springford
Producer:
Jon Morrice
Director:
Jon Morrice
Interviewed Guest:
Ken MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Richard K Morgan
Interviewed Guest:
Malath Abbas
Interviewed Guest:
Lucas Pope
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Graef

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