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Life Before and After the Berlin Wall

Author Uwe Tellkamp on life in East Germany and what he was doing as the Berlin Wall fell.

Uwe Tellkamp is an author who was brought up in East Germany. He has used his family's experiences of the country's repressive communist regime as the basis of his prize winning novel called The Tower.

Tahir Qadiry meets the skate-kids of Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, who are combining skateboarding and schooling.

James Wharton was one of the first openly gay British soldiers. He has written a book about his experiences called Out In The Army.

Saad Haroon is a comedian from Pakistan who's just been voted the second funniest person in the world.

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55 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Nov 2014 03:05GMT

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  • Tue 11 Nov 2014 12:05GMT
  • Tue 11 Nov 2014 23:05GMT
  • Wed 12 Nov 2014 03:05GMT

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