Setting Off
It's the mid-1990s, and Albania is in turmoil after decades of communist isolation. With only second-hand knowledge of the country, Joanna Robertson sets off to go and live there.
It's the mid-1990s, Albania is in turmoil after decades of communist isolation. Drawn by the mystery of a country she knows little about, Joanna Robertson sets off to go and live there. In a used car and with only essential equipment, all bought with a business loan thanks to an understanding bank manager, she buys a one-way boat ticket for a place that she only has second-hand knowledge of, gleaned from an almost-empty Albanian shop in London's Covent Garden and exiles in a Soho coffee shop.
Presenter: Joanna Robertson
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
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