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Last broadcast on Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 12:05 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Children's hospital scandal
Liverpool mother Paula O'Leary campaigned for years in the wake of Britain's biggest human organ scandal. She tells Lucy Ash how she has never come to terms with the fact that the body parts of her baby son, Andrew, were kept by the hospital without her consent.
Uganda skate-boarding park
Kampala now boasts Uganda's first purpose-built skate-boarding park. Outlook's Joshua Mmali went to meet the man who set it up, and watched some aspiring young skateboarders in action.
Swat Valley cosmetics
Before the Taliban took control of Pakistan's Swat Valley, there were twenty five cosmetic factories there. Employees included three thousand women, who were forced to stop working. For Outlook, Adnan Rashid reports on developments since the Taliban were driven out last year.
Born of Hope
Seven years after the release of the final film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, British film maker Kate Madison has written, produced and directed her own prequel to the saga on a shoestring budget.
She tells Lucy Ash how her film, Born of Hope, came about, and how it has been received since its release on YouTube.
Broadcasts
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Tue 16 Feb 201022:05
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Wed 17 Feb 201003:05
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Wed 17 Feb 201009:05
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Wed 17 Feb 201012:05
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