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What is it like to report on a slave-owning past?

Listeners give their thoughts on Laura Trevelyan exploring her family’s slave owning past. Plus Eurovision on Music Life, the show’s producer uncovers its song-writing secrets.

BBC presenter Laura Trevelyan explores her family’s slave owning past in Grenada. Listeners give us their thoughts on her deeply personal documentary and Laura herself tells us what it was like to make. Plus, last weekend the BBC World Service celebrated Eurovision in Music Life - we hear from the show’s producer about uncovering the event’s song-writing secrets.

Presenter Rajan Datar
Producer Howard Shannon

Made by Whistledown Productions for BBC World Service

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