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Two thought-provoking programmes this week

Geoff Riley

21st February 2010

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BBC1 has two interesting programmes due for scheduling this week

On Monday Panorama visits the rainforests of Borneo to look at the ecological damage caused by the international demand for palm oil.

On Wednesday Evan Davis has a special report considering what might happen to the small market town of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire if all of the migrant workers were to leave.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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