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1. The Smuggler

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When Rob Lawrie volunteered at the Calais Jungle he didn't think it would lead to smuggling charges: worse follows when he finds that the man he helped seems to have deceived him.

BBC journalist Sue Mitchell and ex-soldier-turned-good-Samaritan Rob Lawrie thought they were involved in the heart-breaking, but straightforward, story of an Afghan father and his motherless daughter as they struggled to get to Britain. The following four years saw Sue and Rob fall into a web of lies and life-changing, mind-changing events. Girl Taken is a 10-part hunt - across closed borders and broken promises - for the truth and to find a little girl, taken.

Producer: Sue Mitchell
Studio Production and Sound Design: Richard Hannaford

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23 minutes

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Tue 21 Jul 202000:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Mon 16 Mar 202013:45
    BBC Radio 4
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    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 21 Jul 202000:30
    BBC Radio 4

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