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Preview clip of Nineteen Eighty Four

Duration: 00:50

Preview clip with Christopher Eccleston as Winston Smith

Available since: Thu 7 Feb 2013

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The Real George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four, Episode 1

1/2 Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith awakens to new possibilities in Orwell's classic.

First broadcast: 10 Feb 2013

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