The Re-Shaping of Berlin

Programme Outline

 

00.00-01.10	Images and quotes from young Berliners build an instant picture of the city as a magnet, the exciting new Capital – as well as a building site
01.10-02.06	Archive footage helps show how different things were during and after the Second World War
02.06-03.37	Cameras tour the new parliament building and interview a young member of government to capture the sense of Berlin being in a new era and poised to become the bridge between eastern Europe and the West
03.37-06.10	Interviews and shots of workplaces and city life cover the way migrants contribute to Berlin, with examples from Turkey and the Philippines
06.10-06.53	An elderly Berliner recollects pre-war conditions with Potsdamer Platz at its heart. Archive footage shows bustling city life
06.53-08.00	Images and interviews make a stark contrast between the dead, neglected city centre which the wall created and the bold, imaginative 11 years of rebuilding since the wall came down
08.00-10.35	Positive, optimistic pictures and interviews show the scale, speed and high status of redevelopment at Potsdamer Platz. The careful planning of access, power supply and combined commercial, residential and retail functions are outlined and illustrated
10.35-13.29	In contrast, Andy is interviewed as a representative of the homeless and unemployed. He and many others find Berlin has a magnetic effect for the ‘underclass’ as well as the ‘movers and shakers’
13.29-14.15	A Filipino migrant expresses her view that the Government discriminates among its migrants. East Europeans get State help, but Asians don’t
14.15-17.00	Marek typifies the young, successful Berliner enjoying the opportunities the city offers. His job – reviewing computer games – is just the sort to be found in modern, expanding cities
17.00-18.57	Cameras return to the new city centre to find it alive with successful shopping and entertainment facilities, and the setting for carnivals – a vital and successful gamble by the planners. Dawn gives way to ‘just another day’ for some
18.57-End	Credits