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Head of Specialist Factual, Channel 4. Defiance, Accused: Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Miners’ Strike, Grenfell, Kids, The Piano, Paula, How to Survive a Dictator

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4 months
“I had the best foster carers in the world and they gave me the ability to dream” - Brad composed a piece for Frank and Ev for #ThePiano final, and they gasp as he reveals this on stage
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Couldn’t be more excited about this thank you @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry @neil_crombie @JoeevansJoe @birdydan and our beautiful viewers
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4 years
Critically acclaimed series, Grayson’s Art Club will return to @Channel4 for a second series in early 2021. More here:
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Thanks so much to Simran Khebbal with his collage of his twin Sorayan who he’s lost & mum &dad in @Gucci (he loves colour) #GraysonsArtClub
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So sad to see the brave family of Gurdip Singh Chaggar speaking for the first time in a documentary about his tragic murder, what a heartbreaking story #Defiance @channel4
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“In my imagination I can do so much more than my physical body allows....art makes me feel less disabled” ...Becky on #GraysonsArtClub
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4 years
“Nuts about life” written on a bin by Clare Warde, who hasn’t picked up a paint brush since primary school #GraysonsArtClub #C4ArtClub
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Self portraits from the NHS frontline in 2020 by @deller_grace for #GraysonsArtClub @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry
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All of #ThePiano finalists will receive a piano - and pianos have been placed in the five stations featured in this series - watch back all the episodes on @channel4 streaming - thanks so much to all who took part @ClaudiaWinkle @mikasounds @lang_lang
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“I was bullied in my infancy and I’m representing neurodiversity .. and it’s ok to be different, it really is” - the moving words Michael spoke to the audience before playing his own spine-tingling composition #ThePiano
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“This is a once in a century opportunity to re-orient our society“ @jeremydeller to @Alan_Measles #GraysonsArtClub #C4ArtClub
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This is my way of giving Fran a lasting memory of love, says Duncan as he plays his song for Fran in #ThePiano final
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Alice performs her beautiful song “Edie” about her much-loved sister, who’s watching from the audience #thepiano
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Tomorrow 8pm don’t miss series 2 #GraysonsArtClub - love and joy with the utterly amazing @BoyGeorge @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry @channel4
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Incredible Becky, painting with your eyes via computer, thank you so much for coming on #GraysonsArtClub
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4 months
Wonderful Brad, who grew up with his foster carers Frank and Ev, says he’s going to show “what a number can do” - watch back his incredible performance @channel4 #ThePiano
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Amazing @emmuk74 on #GraysonsArtClub now with @Alan_Measles - her drawing will be in our exhibition #C4ArtClub
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Thanks to everyone who watched #Defiance on @Channel4 tonight and especially to the amazing contributors and the Chaggar family
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Paul and his wife Louise went to a fertility temple in Bhutan and then this happened... our first #GraysonsArtClub baby. Born 4 hours before filming. Unbelievable.
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Last day of filming for #GraysonsArtClub watching the peerless @neil_crombie do his thing - final episode Mon 8pm @Channel4 @Alan_Measles
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Hugely excited about #Defiance - our new @channel4 series about British Asian activists’ fightback against NF violence in the 70s & 80s - amazing stories from the frontline of resistance with @RoganProduction @lefthandedfilms @rizwanahmed
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Magical Teddy, thinking of his mum in Kenya, after his performance in #ThePiano final
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8 years
"It's the day irony died" says Ken Loach to @jonsnowc4 as news breaks of Boris appointment as Foreign Sec on #c4news
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Lovely to see Simran back on #GraysonsArtClub with his mum and a new collage - about his grandad and Coventry
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4 years
What’s @noelfielding11 doing tonight on #GraysonsArtClub ? Find out at 8pm @Channel4
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Quite a lot has happened to @Alan_Measles teddy-inspired sculpture tune in at 8pm to see plus @Philippa_Perry @JamesMoir10 #GraysonsArtClub
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“Home is where the heart is and the heart is with my family” Simran Khebbal who lost his twin when he was 4 #GraysonsArtClub -heartbreaking
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4 years
Unmissable at 10pm @Channel4 - @Alan_Measles turns his forensic eye on the East Coast liberal elite #GraysonPerry #BigAmericanRoadTrip
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Neil Crombie
4 years
New episode of Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip tonight takes us up the East Coast, in search of the liberal elite. 10pm on ⁦ @Channel4 ⁩ and whole series on @All4 . #GraysonPerry
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Don’t miss the incredible episode of our #MinersStrike1984 series tonight on the harrowing “Battle” of #Orgreave - so powerful poignant & relevant for today - please make time to watch at 9pm or stream @channel4 - thanks so much to those who told their story #MinersStrike
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Swan Films
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Tonight 9pm @Channel4 The shocking truth about ‘The Battle of Orgreave’ on Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain #minersstrike1984 #minersstrike #orgreave
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3 years
Amazing Will on #GraysonsArtClub
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4 months
“I just want to show that we care kids can still do stuff … thank you for appreciating my music” - incredible emotion as Brad is awarded performance of the night by @mikasounds @lang_lang #ThePiano
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A great ep of #BritainsMostHistoricTowns @Channel4 8pm: Restoration London, science, plague w Sir Paul Nurse @royalsociety @theAliceRoberts
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5 years
Polished bronze “Alaska chair” by @virgilabloh inspired by Venice’s acqua alta (it’s partly submerged) @royalacademy #Eco -Visionaries
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6 months
Thanks to everyone who’s engaged with our Asian stories of resistance this week - stay with us for the final emotional episode of #Defiance tonight 10pm @channel4 #Walthamstow fires - #Southall fightback - the epic #Bradford12
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The Chaggar family shared their never before seen home video footage of the funeral of Gurdip Singh, who was murdered in 1976, and the pictures are just so moving #Defiance @channel4
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4 years
Alex made miniature @Alan_Measles and Kevin for #GraysonsArtClub final episode
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So excited about our doc The Massacre that Shook the Empire re #Amritsar1919 & why it matters presented by @Sathnam 9pm April 13 @Channel4
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8 years
"Excruciating" to see "how obsequious" Michael Gove was being to @realDonaldTrump - @carolinelucas tells @cathynewman #c4news
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Our contributor Avtar Brah describes movingly how Blair Peach, killed in the Southall protest, was lain in his coffin in the Dominion cinema - 8000 people filed past to pay respects 12 June 1979 #Defiance
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6 years
Watching the new #graysonperry programme about death NOW on @Channel4 and still can’t believe how spectacularly thought-provoking it is
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8 years
"My career is over. How can political fiction match what's going on? It leaves me quite bereft" @dobbs_michael to @jonsnowC4 on #c4news
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NOW @channel4 don’t miss the visceral, immersive and disturbing story of the #Southall protests and the devastating killing of Blair Peach - who has been held to account? #Defiance - the Asian fightback - stream all the episodes and take part in the conversation
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4 years
Grayson’s Art Club tonight is about animals -and what a moment they are having. 8pm @Channel4 with @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry #C4ArtClub
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Ragıp Soylu
4 years
Flock of sheep invades Turkey’s city of Samsun last night during the coronavirus lockdown 🐑
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“Actor, comedian & style icon” @MawaanR makes a brilliant painting of “Favourable” chicken shop - it’s ICONIC #GraysonsArtClub
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7 months
Brilliant screening of #Defiance in Bradford tonight - don’t miss @Channel4 Monday at 9pm onwards - the epic story of British Asian resistance against the far right - never told before on TV … the Southall protests, the Battle of Brick Lane, the Bradford 12 - vital history
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Incredible that the wave of fires at Asian people’s homes in Walthamstow and elsewhere has been so little reported. The #Defiance team unearthed little seen archive and witnesses for our @channel4 series - and the stories are so disturbing
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8 years
"I know what the real face of racism is and it's not Donald Trump" Trump supporter @pastormarkburns tells @mattfrei #c4news
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4 years
“The last two nights I was up at 4am ......sewing” @BoyGeorge to @Alan_Measles #GraysonsArtClub
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4 years
Love Prabhneet and her family #GraysonsArtClub
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10 years
8-year-old girl 'killed in #Gaza refugee camp attack during ceasefire' http://t.co/uZN0dT12lb #c4news http://t.co/4fmcSoEAwj
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“The police … protected them and unleashed violence on us” our contributor Pritpal recollects the moment the National Front arrived at #Southall Town Hall on the day of the protest #Defiance @channel4 a seminal chapter in British history
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“Olivia Colman just gave me a thing “ the room goes wild as Nida Manzoor wins best comedy writer at #BAFTATV craft awards and thanks @Channel4
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4 years
If you missed our final episode of #GraysonsArtClub tonight watch back on @All4 - it will make you feel better about the world - thank you to all our wonderful artists who showed art is for everyone and it can make us feel ok @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry thank you
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Amazing to reflect on how Roger Hargreaves really created something visually new in #50YearsOfMrMen - great insights into how the characters were - and still are - conceived and drawn with @RealMattLucas at 6pm @Channel4
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“There’s a new beginning for everyone - you just have to search for it” incredible Brad in Liverpool - bringing “waves of emotion” says Lang Lang #ThePiano @channel4
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5 inquiries, £30 million tax payers’ money, 32 yrs investigation & no justice for the #DanielMorgan family #MurderInTheCarPark @channel4  9pm
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“There was no lessons for us to learn … it happened to us” amazing @PritpalKD giving us such a thoughtful, reflective ending to #Defiance - a huge thank you to all our wonderful contributors - “here to stay here to fight”
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Why this is not just history, but a story of now #Defiance #Southall #BlairPeach
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Thanks so much to all who’ve sent in art work to #GraysonsArtClub this week& Clare Warde Anthony Brownsell Bethany Kelly @emmuk74 #C4ArtClub
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And don’t miss part 2 of #EmpireStateofMind on Saturday at 9pm on @Channel4 & @All4 @Sathnam - explores how we can move beyond discussion of Empire being divisive
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And if you missed the first part of @Sathnam ’s essential documentary, Empire State of Mind, last night, you can catch up on All4
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This brilliant film presented by @RealMattLucas & directed by Kelly Close is on today at 6pm @Channel4 - the joyful & fascinating story of the Mr Men & Little Miss books & we reveal 2 new characters
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Matt Lucas HQ
3 years
FIFTY YEARS OF MR MEN WITH MATT LUCAS - Sunday 16th May at 6pm on Channel 4
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“Parveen Khan holding her baby at the window - that’s the image I had” Heartbreaking from Zubia Darr about the death of her friends in a house fire - new testimony in #Defiance suggests it was part of a wave of largely unreported arson attacks aimed at Asians @channel4
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"I'm a Conservative...but we need to know & understand the dark side of the Thatcher years" @OborneTweets to @jonsnowC4 on #Orgreave #c4news
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At 9pm on @channel4 an incredible, terrifying film #Accused : The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax by the brilliant @8EmilyTurner8 about what happens when online conspiracies enter the real world. Huge thanks to the women who tell their stories & @peterGbeard @storyfilms_tv don’t miss
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Watch our new series #Highlife on @All4 if you missed it tonight -it’s so entertaining & also touches on issues like fertility & there’s a pink penthouse @cuppymusic @t0nit0ne @KamilleXX @TOMImusic @BerniciaBoateng @IreneTTYA @ChieferDcypha @RealKiddWaya #C4Highlife #BlackToFront
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Thanks so much to all who’ve watched #GraysonsArtClub -watch this space for the exhibition-you’re all invited! @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry
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Brilliant panel @bafta tonight for #Defiance our new series about the untold on TV story of the British Asian fightback v racist violence in the 70s & 80s - don’t miss the series starting April 8th @RoganProduction @rizwanahmed
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Sally-Anne’s tribute to loved hospital colleague Colin who always had a pocket full of sweets, but who’s sadly passed away #GraysonsArtClub
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“You stick the community together with chewing gum” @Philippa_Perry with amazing chewing gum artist Ben #GraysonsArtClub
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Nerys’s beautiful song for her dad in Cardiff #ThePiano @channel4
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Tonight at 10pm @Channel4 -the story of the residents before the fire. Footage filmed by artist Constantine Gras shows them raising concerns about some aspects of the refurbishment. It’s never been seen before. Important & unforgettable. #Grenfell #housing
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At 7pm @Channel4 @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry explain themes for new series of #GraysonsArtClub starting end of Feb plus the story so far..
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“You must never ask a tapestry person to show you their backside” @wiggywalsh #GraysonsArtClub
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Amazing Sophie and her painting of her family (“not perfect but full of love”) which includes a portrayal of her husband cradling her second baby who she lost #GraysonsArtClub
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"My disagreement with the govt is that throughout this period they haven't come out & said Israel's actions are unjustified" Ed M to #c4news
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The devastating story of Parveen Khan’s family killed in a house fire written about by @VikramDodd in @guardian this week - sparked by #Defiance episode 3 tonight 10pm @channel4
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So enjoying listening again to @Alan_Measles #ReithLectures @BBCRadio4 - hope they inspire you to get involved with #C4ArtClub
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Channel 4
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Do you want to be part of #GraysonPerry 's Art Club? Yeah you do! Send us pictures of your art here to join the #C4ArtClub , anything goes 🙌 @Alan_Measles #StayAtHome
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Growing up as British Asian I never saw anything on TV like what’s on now @Channel4 -how @AkramKhanLive talks about racism breaks my heart
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Thank you @AnnekaRice for sharing your family story on #GraysonsArtClub
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Salman Rushdie goes on to say in statement to #c4news - “Respect for religion” has become a code phrase meaning “fear of religion.”
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"day by day as we see these outrages on our television screens Israel is losing friends in the international community" @Ed_Miliband #c4news
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Thank you to Lesley and Debbie and all their work for the food bank #GraysonsArtClub
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Inspiring day of panel discussions on issues raised by our new series #Defiance - about British Asian fightback v racist violence 1976-1981 Don’t miss it Monday 9pm @Channel4 huge thanks to all who took part today @_TheWhitechapel @kavpuri @shabnabegum @bishi_official @Poppy_Jay_
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“It’s a very thoughtful sculpture …” @Alan_Measles on @WixKaty sculpture of herself sitting in the beach #GraysonsArtClub
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Excited about #GraysonsArtClub coming back for a 3rd series early next year - thank you to all the brilliant artists who’ve sent their work in and taken part and of course to @Alan_Measles @Philippa_Perry @neil_crombie & all the team @SwanFilmsTV
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Channel 4 Press
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It’s time to get creative, as #GraysonsArtClub is set to return for a third series in 2022! Grayson and Philippa Perry return to their studio and create art responding to what has got the nation talking. Themes for public submission open early next year.
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Grayson Perry “distinguishes himself by saying the unsayable” @hugorifkind @thetimes #BigAmericanRoadTrip is “one not to miss” @Alan_Measles
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“Keep making art, keep making love” @Alan_Measles signing off this week’s episode of #GraysonsArtClub - watch back on @All4 if you missed
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Don’t miss this unsettling film tonight at 10pm @Channel4 with @Seyirhodes - Race & #medicalexperiments - tackling question of why some people from ethnic minorities haven’t taken vaccine & if we can find answers in history - exec producers @DavidOlusoga & Mike Smith @UplandsTV
@DavidOlusoga
David Olusoga
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Tonight on Channel 4 at 10pm. @UplandsTV latest production - presented by @Seyirhodes #medicalexperiments
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shaminder nahal
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Corbyn's name WILL appear on the ballot says @MichaelLCrick at the NEC - breaking news
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shaminder nahal
4 years
“I want to be one of those old people who don’t give a flying f****” @Alan_Measles to @jackyklein28 @hayfestival #GraysonsArtClub Mon 8pm
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shaminder nahal
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shaminder nahal
10 years
"Doesn't the economy depend on immigration?" @MichaelLCrick to @Nigel_Farage -reply "...there is more to this country...than just GDP figs"
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