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John Higgs has spent 10 years writing and producing in a wide range of media, making him the only man who can boast of producing both a long running series for BBC Radio 4 and a best selling videogame for the PlayStation 2.
He created the innovative historical and geographical quiz show X Marks The Spot for BBC Radio 4. The series has now been running for eight years. Videogames that he has produced include Crash n' Burn (Eidos Interactive, PlayStation 2 and Xbox) and ATV: Quad Power Racing 2 (Acclaim, PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube), which has sold over half a million copies.
In between these very different endeavours he has worked extensively in television and animation, writing and producing programmes including Audrey & Friends (Channel 5, 2001), Pen Monkeys (Channel 4, 2000) and TooMuch TV (Channel 5, 1999), for which he earned a Best Children's Entertainment Programme BAFTA nomination. He has written for publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Mojo, and is a judge in two categories for the BAFTA Games Awards. He has a degree in Computer Science.
He lives in Brighton with his partner and two children.
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