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Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 04/09/2009

04/09/2009

BBC World Service - Outlook, 04/09/2009

Tunnels under the Mexico border, Roma child crime in Milan, and the life of a City Girl.

Tunnels under the Mexico/US border, Roma child crime in Milan and Madrid, and Barbara Stcherbatcheff explains her life as a City Girl.

Tunnel Rats
Mark Duggan meets the specially-trained Tunnel Remediation Teams in Arizona who spend their days underground, crawling through the network of underground tunnels that connect Mexico and the US, sniffing out drugs.

Roma child crime
Film maker Liviu Tipuritsa tells Lucy Ash about his latest project documenting the lives of  gypsy children from Romania who are forced into a life of crime in Madrid and Milan. 

City Girl
Barbara Stcherbatcheff is an American who moved to London where she worked as a city banker. Her book "Confessions of a City Girl" exposes the lifestyle she experienced.

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