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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed-wire fence, their friendship grows and their lives become inescapably intertwined.

Based on the best-selling book by John Boyne. Show less

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