Daniel Radcliffe is to star in a one-off television film about Grand Theft Auto, in a celebration of the success of the controversial computer game.
Radcliffe, who rose to fame as a child in Harry Potter, will take the role of Sam Houser, the “creative mastermind” behind the game.
The 90-minute drama, to be broadcast on BBC Two, is intended to tell the story of what the corporation calls “arguably the greatest British coding success story since Bletchley Park”.
The programme, entitled Game Changer, will show a group of “British gaming geniuses” as they move from school to creating...