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Feb 2022
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8. The Girl With Blonde Hair And Blue Ey...

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It's the 50th anniversary of Cheryl's disappearance and the police have an announcement to make.

Fairy Meadow is presented by BBC News correspondent Jon Kay Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Chris Ledgard Music by Elizabeth Purnell Studio engineer, Jacques Sweeney Editor, James Cook

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