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'Resurrecting History: Warsaw' on BBC Four

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Nick Hodge 01.12.2015 10:09
A film about Warsaw’s post-war reconstruction and the city’s transformation in recent years is to be shown on BBC Four on 2 December.
Warsaw's Old Market Square, which was reconstructed following World War II. Photo: wikimedia commons/Adrian GrycukWarsaw's Old Market Square, which was reconstructed following World War II. Photo: wikimedia commons/Adrian Grycuk

Produced and directed by Tim Dunn, it is presented by acclaimed art historian Dan Cruickshank, whose father, Gordon Cruickshank, lived in Poland in the second half of the 1950s as a Warsaw correspondent for the communist paper, The Daily Worker.

He also contributed at the time, on a freelance basis, to the English Service of Polish Radio.

In the film, Dan Cruickshank returns to his home in Warsaw for the first time since he lived there with his parents as a small boy. This is what he wrote on the BBC Four website:

“What I found on my return after 57 years delighted me. The Old Town, almost new when I first experienced it [after it was rebuilt following WWII destruction by the Nazis ed.] has weathered well and now, with its patinated colour-wash and mellow details, feels extraordinarily authentic. And the life of the city is beguiling. It is vibrant, rich and cultured. Despite the horror of the Second World War, Warsaw feels, and looks, once again what it was for so long – a great and mesmerising capital city.”

The one-hour film premieres on Wednesday ay 9pm, and it will be repeated on 3 December at 2.20 am and on 8 December at 10.00 pm. It will be also available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

Dan Cruickshank is best known for his popular BBC2 series “The Best Buildings of Britain” and “What the Industrial Revolution Did For Us”. (mk/nh/rk)

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