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Undercover Cop: I Became a Hooligan

How policeman James Bannon became a hooligan to infiltrate a notorious 1980s football gang. Also, Irina Nistor, the Romanian who dubbed 5000 banned films in the Ceausescu era.

An insight into British football hooligans of the 1980s from former undercover policeman James Bannon. His book is called Running with the Firm. Irina Nistor describes how she dubbed 5000 banned films into Romanian in the Ceausescu era. Also, Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel, whose film A World Not Ours, is about the refugee camp where he spent his holidays. And, Italian mayor Maria Carmela Lanzetta on why she's giving up her struggle against the Calabrian Mafia.

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55 minutes

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Tue 23 Jul 2013 02:06GMT

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  • Mon 22 Jul 2013 11:06GMT
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