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12/05/2012 GMT

When something goes wrong in your life, an accident, loss or bad mistake, what happens when you get another roll of the dice?

Three variations on the theme of Second Chances: for the last thirty years, the acclaimed British photographer Nick Danziger has kept being drawn back to troubled places from Afghanistan to Bosnia, to meet people and document their lives. Fictional second chances in the latest novel by the Chinese-American author Gish Jen: do countries, as well as people, deserve another bite of the cherry? And joining us from California is Van Phillips, the American inventor whose revolutionary artificial leg design has given a new lease of life to both himself and countless other amputees world-wide.

Illustration by Emily Kasriel: second chances - another shot at life.

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41 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 May 2012 11:05GMT

Chapters

  • Part 1

    Nick Danziger

    Duration: 14:22

  • Gish Jen

    Gish Jen

    Duration: 08:38

  • Part 2 60 Second Idea

    Nick Danziger: all digital devices to be limited to one photo per day.

    Duration: 05:44

  • Van Phillips

    Van Phillips

    Duration: 11:46

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 May 2012 22:05GMT
  • Sun 13 May 2012 01:05GMT
  • Sun 13 May 2012 11:05GMT

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