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BBC One
on BBC One London

Cliff Michelmore asks people from East European countries 'Why choose to leave your home, your background, your family, to settle in Britain?'
They answer:
'Because I can buy Pravda and Izvestia in a Sheffield bookshop. I can't buy the Daily Express in Moscow' : Russian-born George Helsing
'Partly because Englishmen are the most charming in the world ': Hungarian-born Ilona Solymossy
'Because it's the best country in the world to make £1 million and still be an ardent socialist': Lithuanian-born Joe Kagan

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Subject:
George Helsing
Subject:
Ilona Solymossy
Subject:
Joe Kagan
Producer:
John Morrell
Source: Radio Times

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