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The Death of Gypsy Music

Reports from writers and journalists around the world. Presented by Kate Adie, with despatches from Hungary, Ukraine, India, the Philippines and Mali.

The best in news and current affairs story-telling. In this edition, the music which once provided the soundtrack to life in eastern and central Europe is fading into history, Nick Thorpe; a despatch by Fergal Keane from the Ukrainian city reduced to rubble by shelling; the Indian tea business hit by scandal and reports that workers face routine abuse, Humphrey Hawksley; Stephen Sackur's been to the Philippines to see how its economy is coping with a rapidly growing population and Heather Simons is on the island of Komodo in Indonesia, getting up close to the world's largest venomous reptile.

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30 minutes

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Sat 7 Mar 2015 11:30

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  • Sat 7 Mar 2015 11:30