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Season 1 Episode 4 of 4

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A look at how Bob Geldof and Bono of U2 teamed up to stage Live 8 in July 2005

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A look at how Bob Geldof and Bono of U2 teamed up to stage Live 8 in July 2005, a global series of concerts to put pressure on the leaders of the G8 countries to confront the root causes of poverty in Africa. Featuring interviews with Geldof, Bono, Tony Blair, George W Bush, Olusegun Obasanjo and Richard Curtis, as well as Birhan Woldu, a famine survivor from 1985 who joined Madonna on stage at the concert

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Runtime60 mins