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Feb 14
5m 4s

Matt Edmondson

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson has two passions...music and games.

He is the creator of the much played game Obama Lama and co-founded the boardgame company Format Games.

Both music and games are important loves that he shares with his daughters…

Inherited: I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys Passing on: Green Light by Lorde

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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