Zander
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BBC 4 has been running a series on fantasy titled "The Worlds of Fantasy". The third episode subtitled "Through the Looking Glass" looks at fantasy literature of the last few decades and fantasy gaming. The programme features a segment on D&D including footage from the early 80s of (British) Steve Jackson playing D&D with Albi Fiore (I think) as DM. The D&D section also includes an interview with China Mieville. The D&D part is balanced with no aspersions cast on RPGs.
The rest of the episode includes interviews with Terry Pratchett, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Torro (of "Pan's Labyrinth" fame) and Philip Pullman among others.
The episode is viewable online for the next few days here.
On that page, click on the "Click to Play" triangle in the middle of Death's face.
The D&D part starts 21 minutes in if you don't want to watch the whole thing.
What do you think of the D&D segment or the whole programme?
The rest of the episode includes interviews with Terry Pratchett, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Torro (of "Pan's Labyrinth" fame) and Philip Pullman among others.
The episode is viewable online for the next few days here.
On that page, click on the "Click to Play" triangle in the middle of Death's face.
The D&D part starts 21 minutes in if you don't want to watch the whole thing.
What do you think of the D&D segment or the whole programme?