A tale of love, betrayal and redemption in the dying days of the Cold War. Set in Germany in the years before the fall of the Berlin Wall as well as post-unification, and encompassing the excesses of life in 1980’s Britain.
The Leipzig Affair
First Broadcast:
Monday - Friday, 16th-20th March 2015 at 22:45 on BBC Radio 4
Production Credits:
Writer: Fiona Rintoul
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Readers: Douglas Henshall & Indira Varma
Broadcast Assistant: Holly Slater
Sound Engineers: Lucinda Mason Brown & Nick Taylor
Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
Music: 3 Romances, Op 94: No. 1 Nicht Schnell by Robert Schumann, Heinz Holliger and Alfred Brendel & 5 Orchestral Pieces: I. Andante by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Max Pommer