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Dark Shadows - TalkRADIO Interview now on 11 November

Due to a double booking, tonight's scheduled John Nicolson interview with Joanna Lillis, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan, on TalkRADIO has been postponed until next Sunday 11 November  - the interview is scheduled to be live on air at 18.15 UK time.

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