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Bone Tales, and North Korean Prisons

North Korean ex- guard tells Matthew Bannister about prison brutality. Plus forensic scientist and thriller writer on the stories bones can tell; eel catching; and a tulip picnic

Former North Korean prison camp guard Ahn Myung-chul tells us about the family trauma which turned him against the regime. He fled to the South and now campaigns for human rights.

British sociologist Tanya Bunsell became a body builder herself in order to research the world of female bodybuilders. Tanya's book is called Strong and Hard Women: An ethnography of female bodybuilding.

Italian Cesare Bergamini has been catching eels for four decades on the River Tiber, right under Rome's ring-road.

Kathy Reichs is a American author and forensic anthropologist. Her best-selling novels are inspired by her work. During a varied career, she's investigated mass graves in Guatemala and helped to identify the victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

We join a group of young Afghans on a "tulip picnic" in the hills near Mazar-e-Sharif, where wildflowers and beautiful countryside help them forget their troubles.

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28 minutes

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Mon 22 Sep 2014 00:32GMT

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  • Sun 21 Sep 2014 07:32GMT
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