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How video games became the lockdown playground

Developers behind Minecraft and the Roblox game Adopt Me on keeping kids entertained.

Schools are shut across the UK and screens are the only route children have to teachers. So which bits of the media are stepping up to keep kids informed and entertained? Plus the launch of The Oldham Times, a new daily print newspaper; and we drill down into why YouTube banned - and later reinstated - TalkRadio.

Guests: Lydia Winters, Chief Storyteller at Mojang, makers of Minecraft; David Statter, Adopt Me!, Chris Stokel-Walker, author of YouTubers; Marianna Spring, 91热爆 Disinformation Reporter; Steve Thompson, editor of The Oldham Times; Jodi Birkett, technology, media and telecommunications partner at Deloitte

Studio engineer: Tim Heffer

Producer: Hannah Sander

Presenter: Joe Tidy

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27 minutes

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Wed 6 Jan 2021 21:00

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  • Wed 6 Jan 2021 16:30
  • Wed 6 Jan 2021 21:00

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