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World Service,06 Aug 2022,49 mins

Author Neil Gaiman on creating fictional universes

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, whose long-awaited TV series The Sandman is just about to launch, and critic Rhianna Dhillon. They hear from Malcolm Gladwell discussing his theory that it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials, Tamil film-writing team Pushkar and Gayathri tell us about making their work in the many languages of the Indian subcontinent, Oscar winner Riz Ahmed talks about his campaigning for Muslim representation on screen, Plus music from the Rizwan Qawwali Orchestra. (Photo: Neil Gaiman. Credit: Netflix)

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