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The Rest Is History

83. The Berlin Wall

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

History

4.626.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

60 years ago this month, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began building a barrier that divided the city of Berlin. It stood until 1989 and came to symbolise the front line of the Cold War. Iain MacGregor, author of "Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth", joins Tom and Dominic to discuss the history of the Wall, the ideological divide it represented and why it eventually fell. A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Media production Produced by Jack Davenport & Harry Lineker Exec Producer Tony Pastor *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter:  @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Restless History, Dominic. Have you heard the latest exciting news

0:09.0

about our live tour? I have, Dominic. It's actually it's shocking news. It's shocking,

0:13.4

but also heartening. But just to remind you the listener, the rest is history is going

0:17.8

on a nationwide tour at the end of April 2023. Well, I say tour, but it's for three

0:23.0

nights only. We'll be in London on the 25th of April and the historic Drury Lane Theatre

0:28.8

then we'll be able to Edinburgh the following evening on the 26th of April to play it Usher

0:33.1

Hall and we will finish on the 30th of April at the Larry in Sulford Greater Manchester.

0:39.0

But Tom, the listeners are gacking to know about this shocking news that you have for them

0:43.0

about the tour. Ladies and gentlemen, I can announce that our London live show has now

0:48.2

sold out. I repeat, all 2,000 seats, yes, 2,000 seats at Drury Lane Theatre are now sold

0:54.9

out. So not even frozen the musical, the show that we are of course replacing at Drury Lane,

1:01.0

not even frozen, sold out that quickly. I can imagine Elsa listening to this right now,

1:07.2

fuming at the very thought of the rest is history stealing her snowy thunder. But Elsa,

1:12.5

all I will say to you is let it go. People can go to both shows. But just to emphasize,

1:18.6

that's our first live date already sold out and tickets are selling incredibly quickly

1:23.0

for Sulford and Edinburgh too. So if you do want to come, please buy your ticket right

1:27.8

now to avoid disappointment. Now if you've never been to one of our live shows, what a

1:31.4

treat awaits you. We have an incredibly inventive approach. Tom will take the first half and he

1:35.9

will be running through his repertoire of Marilyn Monroe songs and I do be the do thanks

1:40.0

for that. And I will be picking up after the interval with the PowerPoint presentation

1:43.7

on the economic policies of Stanley Baldwin. It's an absolute riot. Fun for all the family.

1:49.5

So these are our first ever shows outside London as a podcast. So we'll be putting on

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