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Tunnel 29: 2. The Spy

Intrigue Tunnel 29

β€œI choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy.

β€œI choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy.

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

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15 minutes

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Wed 22 Apr 2020 00:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Tue 22 Oct 2019 13:45
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  • Tue 21 Apr 2020 09:45
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  • Wed 22 Apr 2020 00:30
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