Franc Roddam filmed the "Inside Story" episode in 1975 and has remained friends with Michael "Mini" Cooper ever since. When Mini ran away from homes, he usually turned up at Roddam's London home. The two have continued to see each and Mini's autobiography, Mini and Me has brought them together again - Mini as author, Roddam as publisher. Inevitably conversation returns again and again to that original film, which is being re-run on BBC4 in coming months. The documentary has shaped his life, both for good and bad. "There have been many discussions and many different people - psychiatrists, psychologists, all kind of clinical professionals - who put forward various hypothesis. They say, did he manipulate you, did he exploit you, put stardust in your eyes?," says Mini.
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