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Last broadcast on Mon, 16 Mar 2009, 23:20 on BBC Two (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Ben Lewis's documentary tells the real history of Communism through the jokes told by ordinary people about the oppressive Communist regimes of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Jokes became the language of truth in a society denied free speech and confronted daily with the gap between political propaganda and reality.
Credits
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- Ben Lewis
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