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Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of one of Turkey's smash-hit TV soap operas on set in Istanbul; Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale on Cairo's streets.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world, presented by Pascale Harter.

In this edition, Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of a smash-hit TV soap opera on set in Istanbul, and finds out how this sort of on-screen drama has been bringing prestige, clout and foreign visitors to Turkey. Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale everywhere on the streets of Cairo - even right in the middle of violent political protests.

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Thu 13 Dec 201204:50GMT

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  • Wed 12 Dec 201219:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 201201:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 201204:50GMT