Gavin sez, "On Wednesday, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a documentary called 'Dicing with Dragons', which explored the origins of Dungeons and Dragons, including its introduction to the UK by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, authors of the Fighting Fantasy books and the founders of the current Colossus of non-electronic gaming, Games Workshop. The documentary also explores the literary inspirations for DnD material, including Tolkien, Robert E Howard and Michael Moorcock, and also the writers who've been inspired by it, like China Mieville. You can listen to the documentary in Real Audio format on the BBC's website. Great listening."
(Thanks, Gavin!)
Update: Daniel sez, "You might want to amend your article to say that the Steve Jackson
interviewed is not the Steve Jackson of the famous RPG company Steve
Jackson Games, makers of G.U.R.P.S., Toon, Ogre, Car Wars and other
RPG classics along with the popular trading card game, Illuminati: New
World Order."
