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The War Behind the Wire: 4: The One Who Came Back

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by James Follett
with Paul Meier as Hans Mueller
HANS: "I couldn't believe it. When I reached the corner of my street I just stood still ... It had hardly been bombed. Nothing to bomb, I suppose. Just a few rows of back-to-back houses. There were gaps like missing teeth. Fireplaces and wallpaper high up on the side of shored-up houses. It was like a dream. I felt that if I moved it would all disappear and I'd be back at Colchester."
The year 1946. The place East Berlin. The speaker an escaped German POW. In less than a year he was back at Colchester.
(medium only)
(Repeated: Thursday 8.45 pm)
11.50 medium only Announcements

Contributors

Writer:
James Follett
Directed By:
Piers Plowright
Hans Mueller:
Paul Meier
Col Scotland:
Alan Downer
Karl Monner:
Gregory De Polnay
Mrs Mueller:
Margot van Der Burgh
German Captain:
Douglas Blackwell
Eva:
Heather Bell
Cook:
Irene Sutcliffe
British Officer/Truck Driver/Guard:
Neville Jason
British NCO/Waiter/Soldier:
Gavin Campbell
German Sailor/Truck Driver:
Anthony Newlands
Source: Radio Times

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