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A Frugal Dinner

A Frugal Dinner

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent


A Frugal Dinner

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Reporters' despatches from around the world.
Afghanistan: as pressure grows on the British prime minister to bring the troops back home early, defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt considers the legacy they'll leave behind.
Russia: the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk is the country's prisons capital. Alex Preston has been to meet a former convict trying to help others, recently released, to find a toehold back in Russian society.
El Salvador: the murder rate in this Latin American nation has gone down significantly thanks to a truce between two notorious gangs. Linda Pressly has been talking to some of their leaders in a high security jail.
France: the infamous Sangatte asylum centre may have closed but Emma Jane Kirby has been finding out that migrants continue to flow into the port city of Calais.
Germany: Steve Evans gets offered relatively frugal fare at a dinner party in Berlin. But he isn't surprised.
Released:
Nov 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.