Berlin [Afternoon Reading]

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Comments

Berlin Diary (winter 1932-33)

20081117

Chronicling the reactions of Isherwood's friends to the approach of Nazi rule.

Camera Obscura

20081118

Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers.

The beautiful Marie begins a relationship with an ugly Berlin artist. What does she want and is she really in control? By Judith Hermann.

Funeral In Berlin

20081119

Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers.

A top-ranking officer in Red Army security offers to sell a Russian scientist to the West. The unnamed hero travels to East Berlin with a black marketeer and double agent Johnnie Vulkan. By Len Deighton.

The Wall

20081120

Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers.

In this extract from Stasiland, Anna returns to Berlin for the first time in three years and is taken on a tour of the city by a former Stasi officer she once interviewed. By Anna Funder.

Anna is taken on a tour of the city by a former Stasi officer she once interviewed.

The Mural At Frau Krauser's

20081121

Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers.

The narrator stares at the green mural at Frau Krauser's, a seedy tavern under a iron railway bridge in Berlin. He knows he should leave, but one beer leads to another. By James Hopkin.

The narrator knows he should leave Frau Krauser's tavern, but one beer leads to another.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Berlin Diary (winter 1932-33)	20081117	Chronicling the reactions of Isherwood's friends to the approach of Nazi rule.
02	Camera Obscura	20081118	Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers. The beautiful Marie begins a relationship with an ugly Berlin artist. What does she want and is she really in control? By Judith Hermann.
03	Funeral In Berlin	20081119	Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers. A top-ranking officer in Red Army security offers to sell a Russian scientist to the West. The unnamed hero travels to East Berlin with a black marketeer and double agent Johnnie Vulkan. By Len Deighton.
04	The Wall	20081120	Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers. In this extract from Stasiland, Anna returns to Berlin for the first time in three years and is taken on a tour of the city by a former Stasi officer she once interviewed. By Anna Funder. Anna is taken on a tour of the city by a former Stasi officer she once interviewed.
05	The Mural At Frau Krauser's	20081121	Writing by five different authors about the city of Berlin, which throughout its turbulent modern history has remained a centre of culture and a magnet for writers. The narrator stares at the green mural at Frau Krauser's, a seedy tavern under a iron railway bridge in Berlin. He knows he should leave, but one beer leads to another. By James Hopkin. The narrator knows he should leave Frau Krauser's tavern, but one beer leads to another.