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1989: Simpson Returns

1989: Simpson Returns: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - 1989: Simpson Returns, Episode 1

John visits Leipzig and Berlin and talks to people who influenced events in 1989.

John Simpson visits Leipzig and Berlin and talks to people who influenced events in 1989, as well as those whose lives changed forever.

The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life. Through personal stories, he traces the different roads that East Germany, the Czech Republic and Romania have taken since 1989. 

John visits Leipzig and Berlin and talks to people who influenced events at the time, as well as those whose lives changed forever.

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