Graeme is from New Zealand and lives in Tower Hamlets. We meet him at night in the Cemetery Park, where he comes to walk and observes the bees.

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This film is part of 1000 Londoners, a five-year digital project which aims to create a digital portrait of a city through 1000 of the people who identify themselves with it. The profile contains a 3 minute film that gives an insight into the life of the Londoner, as well as their personal photos of London and some answers to crucial questions about their views on London life. Over the course of the project we aim to reveal as many facets of the capital as possible, seeing city life from 1000 points of view.

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TRANSCRIPT

At the moment we're in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. It's no longer used as a cemetery, it's the park bit on the end of it. I come here to exercise, basically. Because it's away from all of the road pollution. And it's basically an underused gym. I mean, there's lots of people coming here to walk their dogs. I tend to walk.

We're right next door to an area that's been fenced of for beehives. It's been here for about four or five years. The bees are heading back in, but there's one hive where somebody must have spilled some soft drink. Instead of just going back in at the bottom, which is their entrance and exit. They're actually clamping around on the outside where it's still stained from whatever it was that was spilled.So, it's obviously sweet and it's attracting their attention.

Here is an idea: if you've got a problem or something like that, you can share it with the bees and they will listen. And then they'll fly away and then it all disappears.

I'll take you back up to the main gate. That's interesting: I thought they locked the gate. 'Cause usually there's somebody in the Soanes Centre. I thought they locked the gate, but that definitely is the council locking the gate.

(filmmaker Daniel) Do you have any like family or, family over here or in New Zealand? (Graeme) Nope. None at all over here. I've still got some family back home and I've also got a brother who lives in Western Australia. Who I've seen when I went back. They don't come over here. The last one who came over, was only allowed in the country for a week. And that was a niece who I'd never met until I was supposed to meet her at the airport and had problems connecting with her, because she was being held as a result of what she'd written on her form. (filmmaker Ally) And do you know what she'd written? (Graeme) She was asked about criminal convictions and she said yes, she had one. And when they asked her what it was, she told them in no uncertain terms it was none of their business. So, they didn't like that answer. (Ally) Didn't go down very well. (Graeme) No

(Daniel) Done for today? (Graeme) Yeah, just about. I probably look like the bloody Exorcist. (laughs) Think it's Halloween.

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