The Boy in the Dress

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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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Marketing vs Censorship vs Licensing

Piper's picture

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




"She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them."
— Geraldine Brooks


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