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Radio 4,04 May 2009,30 mins

SeriesSeries 5

Raising the Iron Curtain

Traveller's Tree

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Katie Derham presents the programme which examines our holiday and travel trends. As the countries of the former Soviet bloc prepare to celebrate 20 years of democracy, Katie and the team look at how our curiosity to travel and experience Eastern Europe has affected those countries. Former tour leader and travel writer Neil Taylor reflects on the momentous changes that were precipitated by the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Plus a report from 20-year-old Mike Copus, who visits Berlin as a cold war tourist. A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

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