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'''Live & Kicking''' was a BBC One TV show for children that aired from [[1993]] – [[2002]]. [[Brian Jacques]] was a guest on the show with author Paula Danziger.

===Interview Transcript===
*Originally appeared on [[Redwall.org]].

The first part of the interview takes place inside an old medieval Liverpool church.

The interview opens with Paula reading from ''[[Redwall]]'' (Collectors' Edition), the prologue before Chapter 1

'The first mice who..... to .......the legend of Redwall Abbey.

Paula sits alone as she reads this.

PAULA: It's been 10 years since Brian Jacques wrote his first ''Redwall'' book and I'm here in Liverpool to find out more about the book and the author.

(Brian walks in. He is wearing white trousers, a white blazer, a red shirt and a red tie with a red handkerchief in the blazer pocket.)

BRIAN: Hi Paula, welcome to [[Redwall Abbey]]!

PAULA: Great to see you, how are you doing?

BRIAN: I'm doing great!

PAULA: Why did you ask me to come here to meet you?

BRIAN: When I was a kid, I could look at this from the outside. It looked like a place of adventure and when I grew up, I stored this useless information in my head. That was how Redwall Abbey was born.

PAULA: How did you begin writing the books?

BRIAN: I started writing ''Redwall'' for some very special people. I'm going to take you to where they are.

They move out of the church and are now seen on a car journey.

The interview continues in the car. Paula is looking at the map in the ''[[Redwall Map & Riddler|Redwall Riddler]]''.

PAULA: So Brian, I have the Redwall map here, where are we going, the Badlands?

BRIAN: We're not going to the Badlands Paula, we could get caught by rats.

PAULA: What about the Toadlands?

BRIAN: And get caught by toads? Paula Danziger!

PAULA: The Openlands?

BRIAN: Certainly not my dear.

Paula throws the map in the back of the car.

PAULA: : I quit, if you're not going to tell me! What things are you interested in?

BRIAN: Music. I could not live without music.
Brian breaks into Italian opera, much to Paula's surprise.
Music is important when I'm writing Redwall poems. Kids say to me, "There's music in that poem!" I say, "Yes there is, now see if you can make your own!"

PAULA: Why did you choose to write about rodents?

BRIAN: I don't write about rodents Paula, I write about woodland animals!

PAULA: They're 4 feet long, they're furry, mice, rats, they're rodents.

BRIAN: No Paula, you don't understand. Animals are a lot better people than people are. The sly fox, the slippery snake. The reader identifies with the heroes and heroines. My main character is [[Martin the Warrior]], who is the guiding spirit of the abbey. I'm taking you to one of the places where people love him.

The car pulls into the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool.

Various clips are shown of Paula and Brian with the students.

The interview's last part takes place at the school's "ballpond".

Paula and Brian are submerged to chest level with lots of plastic balls.

PAULA: What does the school have to do with the stories?

BRIAN: I used to play here with the kids and enjoyed myself here. I used to read them stories in this ballpond.

PAULA: Your own stories?

BRIAN: No, I hadn't written them yet you see. This was when I had the idea for ''Redwall''. People say, "You can see it as a picture." This is what I intended. For the pictures to go into the imaginations of blind children. They're very basic stories really. All they are is about the constant war between good and evil. And do you know what? Good always wins!

PAULA: It's good talking to you, but how are we ever going to get out of this ballpond?

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