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Tom Birchenough

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Articles By Tom Birchenough

Top Boy, Series 2 Finale, Channel 4

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Queen Elizabeth Hall

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Pieta

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Siege in the Sahara, Channel 4

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What Remains, BBC One

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Top Boy, Series 2, Channel 4

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Winter of Discontent

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Southcliffe, Series Finale, Channel 4

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Kuma

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DVD: The Sun in a Net

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Wadjda

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DVD: Burnt by the Sun 2

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DVD: Tabu

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Shun Li and the Poet

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Afghan Army Girls, More 4

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The Secret Life of the Cat, BBC Two

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