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Anyone catch it last night? I thought it was class; always thought Kate Humble a bit of a lightweight but this was excellent stuff.

Camel jumping anyone?

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfcf9 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfcf9[/url]


 
Posted : 28/08/2009 9:54 am
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Looked good, the Saudi bit at the end was ..............interesting.

Having worked there, I feel she is going to get "spun", its not a nice place, but perhaps this type of programme and the exposure to moderate views in Kingdom will slowly change that can be a brutal regime.


 
Posted : 28/08/2009 10:05 am
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*downloads*


 
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My parents spent about 10 years there & my mother was spitting about how much it had been dumbed down / made to look easy that (the lovely) Ms Humble could do as she liked & only got security updates etc at the last minute.

Other than that very enjoyable 🙂


 
Posted : 28/08/2009 10:09 am
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That "chat" she had with the Wuttawa guy was clearly a set up.

Having been stopped by these guys I know what really goes down.

I was in Hofuf one time and was hit with a stick for not going to prayers!

Its a backward country, end of, but has so much beauty


 
Posted : 28/08/2009 10:13 am
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I noticed in the credits at the end that it was a Saudi security company that escorted her. Probably quite well sheparded to where she "needed" to go I would have thought.


 
Posted : 28/08/2009 10:16 am