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The story of Neil Franklin, the football legend who is barely known beyond his native Potteries. And the eight-year-old leukaemia sufferer who blogs about her condition.

Britain's Second City: Birmingham has traditionally been known as England's 'second city' after London. But with strong competition from Manchester, can Birmingham still lay claim to the title?

Football Exile: Neil Franklin should be remembered as a legend of English football - but 10 years after his death, his name is scarcely known beyond his native Potteries. Inside Out goes in search of a player ahead of his time, and asks whether history has judged him fairly

Blogger: Sophie Foxley is eight-years-old and has leukaemia. After being diagnosed in the summer of 2005, she started an internet blog. It now gets anything up to a 150,000 hits a week from sympathetic readers across the globe. Inside Out finds out how it's helping Sophie and her family to cope as she battles her illness.

30 minutes

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Fri 9 Feb 2007 19:30

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