Tirana

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It's the mid-1990s, and Joanna Robertson is settling in her new home: a crumbling flat in Albania's capital Tirana. The country is falling into crisis - miserably poor and with outbreaks of disease so bad that the World Health Organisation feels compelled to intervene. Plenty of material for Joanna to start filing her first news stories - from a bugged phone booth in a hotel, where the call has to be paid for in advance with a pile of painstakingly counted-out banknotes. Presenter: Joanna Robertson Producer: Arlene Gregorius Photo: 'Theth - waiting for transport’ by Stan Sherer from the book, ‘Long Life to Your Children!’