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Front Row: Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

The controversy surrounding fan-made content inspired by the hit game Dungeons and Dragons

Barbara Demick’s book 'Nothing to Envy' is short-listed for the Baille Gifford Prize; Dungeons and Dragons copyright controversy; Hack-Poets Guild's folk album Blackletter Garland

Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick’s book 'Nothing to Envy' has been short-listed for this year’s Baille Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of Winners Award; North Korean defectors spoke about love, family life and the terrible cost of the 1990’s famine.

Front Row examines the controversy surrounding Dungeons and Dragons, the world's most popular table-top role playing game and now a Hollywood film, as fans protest against a clampdown on fan-made content. Professional Dungeons and Dragons player Kim Richards and Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Dr. Hayleigh Bosher, join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss what this means for fans and copyright owners.

Hack-Poets Guild is a collaboration between the renowned folk musicians Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann. Their new album Blackletter Garland is inspired by the collection of broadside ballads in the Bodleian Library, news sheets that circulated between the 16th and 20th Centuries.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Olivia Skinner

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