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Ed Balls: Full talk
Ed Balls talks to Joan Bakewell about the highs and lows of politics and the challenges of doing Strictly. Formerly one of Britain’s most influential political figures, Balls is funny and acute about the madhouse of Parliament.
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Television, film, theatre and music—Hay Festival, 2017
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