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Afternoon Edition: 01/04/2015

01/04/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 01/04/2015

Live from the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham.

Gaming Special live from the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham. Plus The Office star and children's author BJ Novak.

Live from the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham - the UK's first dedicated cultural centre for video games.

The UK games industry contributes around £1.5 billion to the UK economy, more than both the British video and music industries. Sarah hears from games developers, industry bosses, assorted gamers & parents and discusses where the industry could be going next; and an audience of gamers try out 5 live's own newly-developed game Frequency Jam.

Actor, comedian, director & screenwriter BJ Novak, widely known for being the writer & executive producer of the US version of hit TV series The Office, explains how he made the leap to becoming a children's author.

In tech hour: Four year old Abbi Jillians was born with just a thumb on her left hand. Thanks to pioneering new 3D technology she now has a new hand. We hear from Abbi & her mum Julie, along with the 3D printing specialists who designed Abbi's new hand.

Kate Russell talks through the latest apps; and the head of the Royal Academy of Sciences Philip Greenish tells 5 Live why they're backing four new cutting edge electro-technologies, & how to create a basic genetics lab at home.

Plus the reality of zero hours contracts unpicked; and two unrelated identical-looking men from Braintree in Essex who often find themselves mistaken for each other explain how their lives overlapped after a chance encounter.

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