Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes — Season 1, Episode 2: Fantasy
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
What is it about stories of magic, epic adventure, and imaginary worlds that has turned fantasy fiction into one of the world's most popular forms of storytelling, regularly filling the bestseller lists and entrancing adults and children alike?
About Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes
Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels - the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page.