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23/10/2017

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 23/10/2017

Nihal Arthanayake meets Edward Holcroft and Freddy Syborn.

Nihal Arthanayake meets parents from different backgrounds to discuss a recent government report which found major differences in education levels between ethnicity.

In today's TV Club: Nihal talks to Katie and Saima from Channel 4's, controversial new documentary My Week as a Muslim. 

Plus an interview with Freddy Syborn - the writer of the new comedy, Bounty Hunters which stars Jack Whitehall and Rosie Perez.

And finally, Edward Holcroft from BBC One's new drama Gunpowder chats about the gruesome new series

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