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Profile: Beppe Grillo

Beppe Grillo

02/03/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Beppe Grillo

Profile of comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, now a major force in Italian politics.

James Silver profiles the comedian-turned politician Beppe Grillo, who has achieved a stunning success in the Italian elections with his protest movement founded on the internet.

Beppe Grillo has achieved a stunning success in the Italian elections with the performance of the new citizens' protest network - the Five Star Movement. He is its guiding star, a comedian-turned politician. The movement emerged from the web and took its argument into town squares all over Italy. The citizen activists oppose what they regard as the corrupted, self-serving traditional parties - the entire failed political establishment. The movement has connected with huge numbers of Italians who have developed a contempt for the governing elite. 
 
Producer Ian MuirCochrane.

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