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and so i turned up with this south east london, kentish mercury, and they said, gosh, this is rather isn't a job. and i said, "well, why am i here?" and they said, well, we thought it would be very funny to have someone who might have on their cv eton, oxford, deptford. so i went. very funny. we must remember, was then the poorest borough in london, and when i eventuallyjoined, it had more murders than it could possibly put into the papers. it was a very tough area. anyway, i said to them, this is slightly embarrassing. they said, will you just leave the room for a few minutes? so i left and came back and they said, you know what? we're going to find you a job. and i did. i stayed there for two and a half years and covered a lot of crime, a lot of deprivation. and it was a hugely exciting and educative process for me to see, you know, tower blocks with lifts, not working people on the 17th floor, what single parents with junkies on the fourth floor... felt like an education. it was a total eyeopener. one of the people who i had was tasked to get to know was a gangster called charlie