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Excess Baggage: Panama - North Korea

Panama - North Korea

05/11/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Panama - North Korea

John McCarthy focuses on Panama and a political tour of North Korea.

John McCarthy focuses on Panama with Verol Gordon and a political tour of North Korea with Samantha Holcroft, Alistair Muriel and Nicholas Wood.

John McCarthy meets foreign correspondent Nicholas Wood who has turned his hand to running tours of some of the world's politically sensitive spots. They are joined by playwright Sam Holcroft and economist and playwright Alastair Muriel who recently accompanied Nicholas on a trip to North Korea to find out if they could get any closer to this controversial country. John also looks at Panama with Verol Gordon who has moved there with his family and explains the attractions of a new life in a fast developing land. 

Producer: Harry Parker.

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