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1. Go Trabi Go!
Manage episode 167126135 series 1319528
Will Self embarks on a 700 mile road trip in a Trabant, the iconic East German car.
Starting in London, Will plans to drive all the way to where the car was manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.
Will's travelling companion - and the instigator of this strange road trip - is his childhood friend Mike Shamash, a person of restricted growth.
Mike's fascinated by all things East German and hopes that the Trabant will yield a more nuanced picture of life behind the Iron Curtain. Will remains unconvinced.
The pair have barely left Broadcasting House before it dawns on them that 700 miles is a long way to drive in this flimsy, noisy and cramped car.
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.
5 episodes
Manage episode 167126135 series 1319528
Will Self embarks on a 700 mile road trip in a Trabant, the iconic East German car.
Starting in London, Will plans to drive all the way to where the car was manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.
Will's travelling companion - and the instigator of this strange road trip - is his childhood friend Mike Shamash, a person of restricted growth.
Mike's fascinated by all things East German and hopes that the Trabant will yield a more nuanced picture of life behind the Iron Curtain. Will remains unconvinced.
The pair have barely left Broadcasting House before it dawns on them that 700 miles is a long way to drive in this flimsy, noisy and cramped car.
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.
5 episodes
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