Lives Less Ordinary

A fake billionaire in North Korea, part 2


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Jim is deep undercover in North Korea — but will he find proof of illegal weapons deals...

He'd been sent to the isolated country by a documentary film-maker called Mads Brugger, to pose as a fake investor interested in arms. Jim, Mads and the team had spent years infiltrating a North Korean network in Europe, but now they were on North Korean turf the risks were bigger than ever. Jim is treated like a king, but no weapons deals emerge, until suddenly he's driven out of town and taken down into a mysterious basement.

Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Harry Graham
Editor: Munazza Khan
Sound design: Joel Cox

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