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01/04/2015

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.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 1 Apr 2015 13:00

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  • Wed 1 Apr 2015 13:00