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World Service,20 Oct 2011,10 mins

George Blake Escapes

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In October 1966 a Soviet double agent escaped from a British jail. He was helped, not by the KGB, but by other former prisoners. Michael Randle was an anti-nuclear protestor who took part in the escape. (Photo: Michael Randle on his release from Wormwood Scrubs prison).

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