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Dec 2017
1h 24m

James Blunt

Bbc Radio 4
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Hit singer songwriter James Blunt joins Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny to talk hits, the army and acerbic tweets. Actor Abubakar Salim is the new lead in Assassin's Creed, a video game. We ask him why he wanted to act in a game, how it compares to other roles and how his martial arts study helped the role. We have explosive ordinance disposal expert turned r ... Show More
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