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Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world via social media.

Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world via social media, exploring the things that unite people across cultures and borders.

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Episode 2: Great Expectations

Series 8

Great Expectations

BBC Radio 4 - Don't Log Off, Series 8, Great Expectations

Alan Dein talks to people in Korea, Uganda and India about parental expectations.

Alan Dein talks to a Filipino mother estranged from her gay son and a young Korean man hiding his tattoos from his parents.

Alan Dein travels the world via the internet talking to parents and children about navigating the tricky expectations they have of each other.

Among those Alan strikes up conversation with today: a Filipino mother estranged from her gay son, a Ugandan woman whose education was cut short and a young Korean man hiding his tattoos from his parents. 

Producer: Laurence Grissell.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Alan Dein connects with the world online, hearing the real-life dramas of random strangers

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