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The Life of Vaclav Havel

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Last broadcast on Sun, 18 Dec 2011, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4.

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Former BBC Prague correspondent Chris Bowlby looks back at the life of Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and politican who led his country's revolution against communism, who died today.

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  1. Sun 18 Dec 2011
    21:30

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30 minutes

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