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Understanding Iranian TV Censorship

How would you feel if you suddenly found out your favourite television characters were not at all what you imagined them to be? Growing up in 1980s Tehran, 大象传媒 Persian's Golnoosh Golshani's cherished TV shows were foreign imports and subject to such sophisticated censorship that the characters and plot lines became rather different from their original depictions. She reflects on her best loved TV memories - watching the British drama The Secret Army (pictured) and the Japanese serial Oshin - and how she discovered the real stories behind the TV shows that were censored.

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5 minutes