David Walliams, star of Little Britain has just been interviewed on BBC Radio 4's kid programme Go 4 It about his book The Boy in The Dress which has been illustrated by Quentin Blake.
To listen:— http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml and find Go 4 It for the next 7 days.
The Book and a CD is available from Amazon see:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstr...
Maybe this will be the start of children's TG fiction?
Gabi.
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For those of us in America,
For those of us in America, the land of the censored, here is an audio link to the book.
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-books/audio/Bo...
Oh, rather it is a link to the British Amazon site that I was able to access. For some reason, the BBC stuff we get here is different than what you get. (:
Gwen
Marketing vs Censorship vs Licensing
BBC does not serve most it's content to the US. Because of the way it's licensed. Also, BBC America that us Americans like to watch, has nothing to do with BBC other than it licensed the name. I think BBC America is actually part of the Discovery Channel. But ultimately, it's not that we are being censored, it's most likely just a licensing issue. As for Amazon, well, they just market certain things to certain people depending on where they think it will sell best. Not censorship, marketing.
-P/KAF
BBC
I think one of the reasons for restricting BBC on-line programmes (TV and radio) is because of copyright and licensing ie the copyright owners who often are not the BBC limit the output to the UK. For those reasons a lot of the BBC web output is available only to those of us with a UK based ISP.
I've heard complaints that even Brits with a UK TV licence can't access programmes on-line from the near continent (eg France or Spain) where many choose to spend Winter. Bit of a bummer for them because I have no problems and I don't have a licence because we don't own a TV :)
Geoff