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Aug 2022
27m 35s

26/08/2022

Bbc Radio 4
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There are 1.4 billion people in China, and one BBC correspondent in Feedback this week, Stephen McDonell, explains how he tries to find out what is really going on in that vast country.

Lewis MacLeod of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers explains how he manages to morph seamlessly from Boris Johnson to Donald Trump mid-sentence.

And, as he presents the programme for the last time, a listener puts questions from the audience to Roger Bolton on his 23 years at the helm.

Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Kate Dixon Executive Producer: Samir Shah

A Juniper Connect production for BBC Radio 4

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