TV review: In Germany, the past remains a foreign country
Deutschland 89, All4’s Cold War espionage drama, lives up to the high standards set by its two predecessors
Deutschland 89 (All4)
Bloodlands (BBC One)
Creedon’s Atlas of Ireland (RTÉ One)
In November 1989, as the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I rang a German friend. Like many West Germans, she was apprehensive that the sudden change to the relationship she had always known between her state and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was a case of being careful what you wished for.
“How are we going to pay for this?” she asked as ...