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Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge

Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in. First as a black British boy adopted into a white family, then hoodwinked by his father and eventually begging on the streets of Lagos - he was always on the margins. As an adult he joined London's Metropolitan Police, but instead of finding a home there, his differences were used to tear him down and humilate him. When Gamal finally hit rock bottom he decided to stop hiding and stand out. Details of organisations offering information and support on a wide range of issues are available at www.bbc.co.uk/actionline Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producers: Charlie Towler and Harry Graham Editor: Laura Thomas

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  Balochistan’s mystery benjo man, part 2

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  Exposing Silicon Valley's multimillion dollar fraud

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  Bonus: The Black 14

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  My grandmother walked the rabbit-proof fence

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  How to talk to guerillas

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  Behind the locked door

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  I cycled across Africa for a place at my dream university

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  Going cold turkey in a Bangkok prison

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  The Pacific odyssey of a runaway rebel

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  Fugees Family: the football team who became my life

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  My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'

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  Trapped in an icy hell: my 72 day mountain escape

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  A Libyan kidnapping and the words that brought us together

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  Discovering my mother was a Vietnamese rock'n'roll star