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Tom Birchenough

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Articles By Tom Birchenough

Tangerine

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Taxi Tehran

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How Gay Is Pakistan?, BBC Three

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Censored Voices

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Return to Larkinland, BBC Four

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Red Army

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Fidelio: Alice’s Journey

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Storyville: A Syrian Love Story, BBC Four

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DVD: Dragon's Return

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DVD: CitizenFour

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This Is England '90, Channel 4

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One Minute, The Vaults

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Pasolini

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Closed Curtain

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Cartel Land

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The Trials of Jimmy Rose, ITV

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