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World Service,28 Jun 2012,28 mins

28/06/2012

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Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, former East German sprinter Ines Geipel tells how the secret police ended her sporting career with a botched operation when she tried to defect to the West. And the journalist and film-maker who took their learning disabled brother on a road trip to meet his hero, the drummer of the heavy rock band Metallica. (Image: Will, Tom and Kate Spicer (L-R). Credit: Chris Floyd)

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