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Radcliffe and Maconie

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Kicking off the weekend with intelligent music, conversation and a variety of guests.

Radcliffe and Maconie: Writer Rhianna Pratchett and Comedian Charlie Higson

Writer Rhianna Pratchett and Comedian Charlie Higson

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Writer Rhianna Pratchett and comedian Charlie Higson chat to Mark and Stuart.

Writer Rhianna Pratchett and comedian Charlie Higson chat to Mark and Stuart about fantasy adventure books.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today their guests are writer Rhianna Pratchett and comedian Charlie Higson.  Video game writer and journalist Rhianna – daughter of writer Terry Pratchett - has worked on games including Tomb Raider.  She was recently a guest author for the Fighting Fantasy series of books where readers can choose the path of the story by rolling dice.  The interactive fantasy book series has sold over 20 million copies worldwide in 32 languages.  

Another previous guest author in the Fighting Fantasy book franchise is actor, comedian and writer Charlie Higson, well-known for his work on the 1990’s BBC comedy sketch series The Fast Show.  Charlie and Rhianna join Mark and Stuart to discuss their adventure book writing.    

Plus…catch up on the best music and entertainment stories of the past week in ‘This Week In Music’.

Also on the show... regular features 'The Chain' - our world-famous list of over 8000 interconnected songs - and 'Sampled Underfoot' which explores the samples used in some of our favourite tracks.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

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