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The BBC World Service follows East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park. Nina Robertson reports from Hackney, just moments away from the London 2012 Olympics.

This BBC World Service series has been tracking the lives of East Londoners living on a deprived housing estate, in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park for the past two years.

Episode 6: Acting Bad

In dense blocks of flats and social housing, just 10 minutes way from the Olympics Park, young people, with nothing much else to do, are at risk of gangs.

The BBC's Nina Robinson explores the problem of crime for those affected.

(Image: The riverside Olympic site. Credit: Associated Press)

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  • Sat 9 Apr 201113:05GMT
  • Sat 9 Apr 201118:05GMT
  • Sun 10 Apr 201108:05GMT
  • Sun 10 Apr 201121:05GMT
  • Mon 11 Apr 201101:05GMT