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Radio 1 Stories: Adam Deacon - Back in Hackney

Adam Deacon - Back in Hackney

24/06/2013

BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1 Stories, Adam Deacon - Back in Hackney

Actor and director Adam Deacon returns to Hackney a year on from the Olympic summer.

A year on from Jay-Z and Rihanna at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, local lad and award-winning actor and director Adam Deacon returns to see how things have changed since the Olympics.

A year on from Jay-Z and Rihanna headlining BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012, local lad turned BAFTA award winning actor / director Adam Deacon returns to his home town to see how things have changed since the Olympic summer. 

What's been the local legacy of the world's biggest sporting event and all its linked cultural events and opportunities, including Radio 1's own Hackney Academy? Is life any different for the young people of Hackney? 

Adam heads to the streets, colleges, music studios, estates and even the Olympic Park in a bid to find out.

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