UK TV - Young Bond author Charlie Higson discusses adventure novels, Tuesday night

Show: "Return of the Hero"
Channel: BBC 2 (UK)
Date: Tuesday 17th April 2007
Time: 23:20

Documentary which explores the re-invention of the adventure book in the 21st century, where books targeted at boys are bestsellers again. These are action-packed, page-turning thrillers like their predecessors, but the modernity of the heroes and the villains brings the genre up to date. Includes interviews with Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson, Andy McNab and Robert Muchamore, whose adventures series have captured the imagination of a new generation of young readers.

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