Documenting my cellmates' names in blood and rust

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Mansour Omari spent nearly a year in a Syrian government prison in 2012. We hear his account of life in an underground cell and how, against the odds, he managed to smuggle out the names of his fellow cellmates to their loved ones - by writing them down, using chicken bones and blood on a piece of cloth. This story was first broadcast on 20th March 2017. Richard L. Spencer was in US soul group The Winstons. They unknowingly created one of the most famous drum breaks in the world. The Amen Break is a 6-second drum solo first featured on an obscure 1960s track called Amen Brother but has now been sampled in songs by artists including Amy Winehouse, Oasis, David Bowie and the Prodigy. This story was first broadcast on 27th June 2017. Image: Mansour Omari's list of names Credit: Mansour Omari