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21/03/2020 GMT

Episode 5 of 10

Helena Merriman tells the true story of a man who dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall

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. It鈥檚 also the story of the Stasi spy who betrays the tunnel, the American TV network which funds it and the love that develops between refugees who find freedom together.
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.

Episode Five: The Trap
鈥淲e had no chance to be together.鈥 The diggers hatch a new plan, unaware the Stasi are onto them.

18 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Mar 2020 22:32GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Mar 2020 18:32GMT
  • Sun 22 Mar 2020 02:32GMT
  • Sun 22 Mar 2020 22:32GMT

Tunnel 29: Download the whole series for free

Tunnel 29: Download the whole series for free

Stream or download all 10 episodes of this real-life Cold War thriller for free