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14/07/2009

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Grand Masquerade

John O'Farrell celebrates Kit Williams's groundbreaking picture puzzle book Masquerade.

4 Extra Debut. John O'Farrell investigates 1979's national treasure hunt sparked by Kit Williams's Masquerade puzzle book. From July 2009.

Thirty years after the publication of Kit Williams' groundbreaking picture puzzle book Masquerade in 1979, John O'Farrell reflects on the mayhem that followed as millions of readers became caught up in the search for a jewel-encrusted hare, buried somewhere in the British countryside.

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