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Fake news pays. Medical student Elena ran out of money, so she joined her friends in Veles, North Macedonia, writing fake stories for cash.

Fake news pays. Medical student Elena ran out of money, so she joined her friends in Veles, North Macedonia, writing fake stories for cash.

Hosted by Academy Award-winning documentary film-maker Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna, Diego Maradona), this is the first episode in a new five-part series from BBC World Service in collaboration with Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. Detours takes us off the main roads of our lives, following people who didn’t end up where they expected.

Producer: David Borenstein

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Sun 8 Sep 201917:32GMT
BBC World Service News Internet

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  • Wed 4 Sep 201910:32GMT
    BBC World Service except West and Central Africa
  • Wed 4 Sep 201917:32GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia
  • Wed 4 Sep 201922:32GMT
    BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
  • Thu 5 Sep 201901:32GMT
    BBC World Service
  • Sun 8 Sep 201917:32GMT
    BBC World Service News Internet