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Checking out stats on boozing Brits and fishing fleets in the South China Sea

We check out suspect stats on boozing Brits and fishy figures on fishing fleets in the South China Sea.

With the help of Professor John Holmes from the University of Sheffield's School of Medicine and Population Health and Simon Funge-Smith, a senior fishery officer at the FAO.

Presenter and producer: Charlotte McDonald
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

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